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Minority Governments in Western Democracies

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  • Herman, Valentine
  • Pope, John

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All the theories of coalition formation known to us incorporate an assumption (or a set of assumptions which imply) that coalitions which are formed must at least be ‘winning’. 1 In the present context, a coalition is said to be winning if the sum of the seats held by its members is at least a simple majority of all the seats in the parliament. Most of these theories were intended to apply to government coalitions: indeed, several of them were specifically designed for this situation. Yet out of the total of 207 governments which have formed in twelve western democracies since the war, 2 seventy-four of them have not been winning.

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  • Herman, Valentine & Pope, John, 1973. "Minority Governments in Western Democracies," British Journal of Political Science, Cambridge University Press, vol. 3(2), pages 191-212, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:cup:bjposi:v:3:y:1973:i:02:p:191-212_00
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    1. Norman Schofield, 1976. "The kernel and payoffs in European government coalitions," Public Choice, Springer, vol. 26(1), pages 29-49, June.
    2. Norman Schofield, 1995. "Coalition Politics," Journal of Theoretical Politics, , vol. 7(3), pages 245-281, July.

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