LEADER 02980oam 2200637I 450 001 9910789982803321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-134-23971-8 010 $a1-283-10206-4 010 $a9786613102065 010 $a1-134-23972-6 010 $a0-203-00781-6 024 7 $a10.4324/9780203007815 035 $a(CKB)2670000000090995 035 $a(EBL)672436 035 $a(OCoLC)773564545 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000528369 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11338957 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000528369 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10545206 035 $a(PQKB)10588148 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC672436 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL672436 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10526424 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL310206 035 $a(OCoLC)727061138 035 $a(PPN)198450710 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000090995 100 $a20180706d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aPuzzles of government formation $ecoalition theory and deviant cases /$fedited by Rudy B. Andeweg, Lieven De Winter and Patrick Dumont 210 1$aMilton Park, Abingdon, Oxon [England] ;$aNew York :$cRoutledge,$d2011. 215 $a1 online resource (233 p.) 225 1 $aRoutledge/ECPR studies in European political science ;$v73 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-415-35982-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $a6. "Spain is different": explaining minority governments by diverging party goals7. The Rainbow coalition: a surplus majority coalition in Finland; 8. Purple puzzles: the 1994 and 1998 government formations in the Netherlands and coalition theory; 9.The Belgian 'Rainbow coalition': optical illusion or mechanical phenomenon?; 10. From puzzles to prospects for coalition theory; Index 330 $aUnderstanding the formation of governments has always been central to political science. Traditionally this topic has been considered from a rational choice theory perspective and the empirical testing of these theories; however neither approach alone is able to explain a large proportion of actual coalition formations. This comparative volume brings together a rational choice theory perspective and the empirical testing of these theories to study government formation. It provides in-depth studies of government formations in Europe that cannot be accounted for by existing coalition t 410 0$aRoutledge/ECPR studies in European political science ;$v73. 606 $aCoalition governments$zEurope 615 0$aCoalition governments 676 $a324 701 $aAndeweg$b R. B$0556148 701 $aDumont$b Patrick$01486699 701 $aWinter$b Lieven de$01486700 801 0$bFlBoTFG 801 1$bFlBoTFG 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910789982803321 996 $aPuzzles of government formation$93706274 997 $aUNINA