Institutional Design and Party Government in Post-Communist Europe
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP Oxford
- Date of Publication 30 October 2014
- ISBN 9780199675302
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages230 pages
- Size 236x163x20 mm
- Weight 510 g
- Language English 0
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Institutional Design and Party Government in Post-Communist Europe examines the institutional foundations of coalition government in the 10 post-communist democracies of Eastern and Central Europe, arguing that differences in the arrangement of political institutions systematically explain variations in patterns of multi-party government
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This books examines the institutional foundations of coalition government in the ten post-communist democracies of Eastern and Central Europe for the 1990-2010 period: Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, and Slovenia. Its central argument is that differences in the arrangement of political institutions systematically explain variations in patterns of multi-party government across these states. The book starts with the premise that electoral systems and constitutional provisions about the powers, the structure, and the relationship between parliament and the presidency determine the degree to which political power is dispersed or concentrated in the political system. On the basis of these institutional features, three groups of states are distinguished with regard to their degree of power concentration; the substantive chapters of the book demonstrate how these institutional combinations and differences shape three specific facets of party government which capture the main stages of the lifecycle of coalitions governments: the formation of electoral coalitions, government formation and government duration. Specifically, three comparative chapters assess the impact of institutional power concentration on the size of electoral coalitions; the likelihood that political parties form a minority government; and the number of days that a government lasts in office. The main finding of the book is that power concentration matters: political parties in those democracies where institutions are designed to concentrate political power tend to form large electoral coalitions, they tend to form majority rather than undersized governments, and they build more durable cabinets. In addition, the book contains a detailed case study of government formation in Hungary and a previously unstudied comparison of indirect presidential elections in four states: the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary and Latvia.
Comparative Politics is a series for students, teachers, and researchers of political science that deals with contemporary government and politics. Global in scope, books in the series are characterised by a stress on comparative analysis and strong methodological rigour. The series is published in association with the European Consortium for Political Research. For more information visit: www.ecprnet.eu.
... the book provides a worthwhile contribution to the study of party politics in Central and Eastern Europe as well as to the literature on coalition government and the effects of political institutions more generally
Table of Contents:
Introduction
Post-Communist Institutional Design: Electoral Systems, Parliaments and Presidents
Political Institutions and Electoral Coalitions
The Electoral Origins of Hungarian Governments, 1990-2002
The Institutional Sources of Minority Governments
The Institutional Sources of Cabinet Duration
Dividing the Executive? Party Coalitions and Indirect Presidential Elections
Conclusion
Appendix A: The Development of Post-Communist Electoral Systems
Appendix B: Government Formation Rules in Post-Communist Democracies
Appendix C: Electoral Coalitions in Post-Communist Democracies
Appendix D: Government Coalitions in Post-Communist Democracies
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