Coalition Agreements and Cabinet Governance
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23353333 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Wolfgang C Müller (0000-0001-9085-9465), Kaare W Strøm, Kaare Strom |
| Year | 2008 |
| Pages | 159-200 |
| Publication date | 2008-07-17 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | CHAPTER |
| Venue | Cabinets and coalition bargaining (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Oxford University PressOxford (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1093/oso/9780198297864.003.0005 |
| OpenAlex | W4388060373 |
| ISBN | 9780198297864 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 63 |
All cabinet coalitions are based on some initial agreement between the partners. At a minimum, they have to agree on which parties will participate in the government and on the division of cabinet offices. Otherwise, no government could assume office. In most cases, the coalition partners will make an agreement that goes beyond the division of high office spoils. They may define the government’s policy agenda, from at a minimum identifying its top priorities (e.g. budgetary restraint) to detailing a policy programme that seeks to anticipate all major legislation and government decisions of the parliamentary term. They may agree on some set of rules under which they will cooperate in government. They may even decide how they will interact in other institutions or at other levels of government. But these coalition agreements vary greatly in their contents, formality, and comprehensiveness. In this chapter, we discuss the precise nature of such agreements and identify the causes of variation.
Business · Cabinet (room) · Coalition government · Corporate governance · Formality · Government (linguistics) · Legislation · Political science · Politics · Engineering · Finance · Law · Political Systems and Governance · Public Administration
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Formal rules, informal norms and the everyday practice of coalition governance
The cabinet’s policy dilemmas and ministerial positions on the Covid-19 pandemic
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Coalition Governance under Separation of Powers
Strategic postponement of coalition policymaking in European Parliamentary democracies
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Stability through control? The influence of coalition agreements on the stability of coalition cabinets
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Minority coalition governance in Denmark
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Complements or Substitutes? The Interdependence between Coalition Agreements and Parliamentary Questions as Monitoring Mechanisms in Coalition Governments
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Coalition bargaining time and governments’ policy‐making productivity
Effects of the Core Functions of Government on the Diversity of Executive Agendas
Wary Partners
Constraining Ministerial Power
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What You See Is Not Always What You Get
| Unique citing works | 63 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 3,5 |
| Citation span | 2008 - 2026 (19) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 54 |