Why Minority Governments Work
Multilevel Territorial Politics in Spain
Published on 17. November 2015
Book
Hardback
XIV, 261 pages
978-1-137-55979-1 (ISBN)
Description
This book is an examination of minority government performance in conjunction with the territorial distribution of state power and the territorial interests of political parties. It examines political institutions, and the reconcilability of party goals and the contingent bargaining circumstances, in multilevel and territorial perspectives.
Reviews / Votes
"The author makes a very significant documentation effort through personal interviews with the politicians of each period. . this book clearly advances our understanding of how well minority parliamentary governments can govern, how they build parliamentary majorities and, most importantly, why some perform better than others. . This is an important book for those interested in minority governments and coalition politics, and for readers keen on Spanish politics in particular." (Sergi Ferrer, International Journal of Iberian Studies, Vol. 31 (2), 2018)
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Series
Edition
1st ed. 2016
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
With dust jacket
Illustrations
XIV, 261 p.
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
467 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-137-55979-1 (9781137559791)
DOI
10.1057/9781137559807
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Person
Bonnie N. Field (PhD Political Science) is Associate Professor in the Global Studies Department at Bentley University, USA. She has been a Visiting Scholar at the Center for European Studies at Harvard University, USA, Visiting Researcher at the University of Barcelona, Spain, Faculty Fellow at the University of California, Irvine, USA, and Fulbright Senior Researcher in Spain. Her publications focus on political parties and institutions in Europe and Latin America.
Content
1 Introduction
Part I The Theoretical and Contextual Terrain
2 How Well Minority Parliamentary Governments Govern
3 Accounting for Governing Capacity
4 Multilevel, Multidimensional Politics in Spain
Part II Why Spain's Minority Governments Work
5 Governing Capacity and Partisan Bargaining Circumstances
6 How Minority Governments Govern
7 National Parliamentary Institutions and Government Strength
8 The Reconcilability of Party Goals in the Multilevel State
9 Office for Policy in the National Arena or Peix al cove
10 Multilevel Exchange of Office or Pactos de estado
11 Party Competition in the Regional Arena and National-Level Alliances
Part III Conclusions
12 Minority Government Performance and Comparative Lessons
Part I The Theoretical and Contextual Terrain
2 How Well Minority Parliamentary Governments Govern
3 Accounting for Governing Capacity
4 Multilevel, Multidimensional Politics in Spain
Part II Why Spain's Minority Governments Work
5 Governing Capacity and Partisan Bargaining Circumstances
6 How Minority Governments Govern
7 National Parliamentary Institutions and Government Strength
8 The Reconcilability of Party Goals in the Multilevel State
9 Office for Policy in the National Arena or Peix al cove
10 Multilevel Exchange of Office or Pactos de estado
11 Party Competition in the Regional Arena and National-Level Alliances
Part III Conclusions
12 Minority Government Performance and Comparative Lessons