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Record Nr.

UNINA9910484107203321

Autore

Hartmann Sebastian

Titolo

Partisan Policy-Making in Western Europe : How Ideology Influences the Content of Government Policies / / by Sebastian Hartmann

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Wiesbaden : , : Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden : , : Imprint : Springer VS, , 2015

ISBN

3-658-08197-X

Edizione

[1st ed. 2015.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (359 p.)

Disciplina

300

320

320.01

339.5

Soggetti

Comparative politics

Political economy

Political theory

Comparative Politics

International Political Economy

Political Theory

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Research"--Cover.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Party Ideology -- Theory for Studying Policy Outputs -- The Political Business Cycle -- Partisan Policy-Making in Coalitions and Minority Governments -- The Effects of Coalitions on Government Policy Positions -- The Distribution of Left and Right Policy Measures.

Sommario/riassunto

Sebastian Hartmann aims at answering the question whether socioeconomic policies implemented by governments are generally rather similar or whether their content actually varies with the ideological background of governments. In addition, he wants to find out whether government characteristics such as coalition or minority situations impact the degree of partisan policy-making. The author employs a new dataset of social and economic policies collected for several Western European countries. By conducting a wide range of empirical analyses and by using an innovative approach for analysing the policy output, he shows that ideology indeed matters. However, the



degree of its influence is contingent upon structural characteristics of governments.  Contents Party Ideology Theory for Studying Policy Outputs The Political Business Cycle Partisan Policy-Making in Coalitions and Minority Governments The Effects of Coalitions on Government Policy Positions The Distribution of Left and Right Policy Measures  Target Groups Researchers and students in the fields of comparative politics, party politics, coalitional politics, and political economy  The Author Sebastian Hartmann studied social sciences in Mannheim and Tartu (Estonia) and holds a doctorate in political science.