Multiparty Cabinets and Coalition Governance in the Arab Middle East and North Africa

Bibliographic Data

ID6160630
AuthorsHendrik Kraetzschmar (0000-0002-0095-7422, University of Leeds), Francesco Cavatorta (0000-0003-2249-1392, Université Laval)
Year2023
Volume15
Issue3
Pages320-344
Publication date2023-04-05
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueMiddle East Law and Governance (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1876-3367 • E-ISSN: 1876-3375
PublisherBrill (PUBLISHER • NL)
DOI10.1163/18763375-20231393
OpenAlexW4386579470
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited8

This article investigates a specific type of cabinet government in the Arab Middle East and North Africa ( mena ): the multiparty coalition. Although mostly associated with parliamentary democratic systems, coalition governments are not uncommon in the region, comprising in fact since 1990 a sizeable proportion of the cabinets formed post-election. Drawing on novel data collated by the authors, this article offers new macro-level comparative insights into some of the key parameters of coalition governance, including their formation, composition, and durability. In doing so, the article seeks not only to document and analyse the spectrum of multiparty governance in the Arab mena but advance the development of a research agenda on the subject that, whilst sensitive to local context, engages critically with, and feeds into, the broader coalitions literature

Cabinet (room · Coalition government · Context (archaeology · Corporate governance · Democracy · Democratic governance · Economics · Geography · Government (linguistics · Islam · Management · Middle East · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sharia · Sociology · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies · Law · Middle East and Rwanda Conflicts · Public Administration

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