Policy Horizons and Parliamentary Government

This book introduces a new hypothesis concerning the formation and survival of coalition governments in Western European parliamentary democracies, the policy horizon hypothesis. The book finds support for the hypothesis in a wide array of evidence, including findings based on a new survey of experts in West European political systems.

'...Warwick's study adds a new perspective to the analysis on coalition politics...' - Political Studies Review

Autorentext
PAUL V. WARWICK is Professor of Political Science at Simon Fraser University, Canada. He is the author of several books and more than two dozen scholarly articles, primarily in the area of parliamentary governance.

Inhalt
List of Figures and Tables Preface Introduction The Nature and Testing of the Policy Horizon Hypothesis Behaviour-Based Horizons and Government Formation Expert Estimates of Ideological Spaces and Party Bounds Survey-Based Horizons and Government Formation Elaborating the Horizon Framework Policy Horizons and Government Survival Conclusion Appendix 1 Appendix 2 Notes References Index