Do party supporters accept policy compromises in coalition governments
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6259017 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Carolina Plescia (0000-0002-9719-001X, Department of Government University of Vienna Austria, corresponding author), Alejandro Ecker (0009-0009-1792-2080, Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences Heidelberg University Heidelberg Germany), Thomas M Meyer (0000-0002-0389-9918, Department of Social Sciences Humboldt Universität zu Berlin Berlin Germany) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 61 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 214-229 |
| Publication date | 2022-02-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | European Journal of Political Research (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0304-4130 • E-ISSN: 1475-6765 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/1475-6765.12450 |
| OpenAlex | W3153645216 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 26 |
| References cited | 61 |
Government formation in multi‐party systems often requires coalition negotiations and finding common ground among coalition partners. Supporters of parties involved in the government formation process face a trade‐off when evaluating such bargaining processes: on the one hand, voters usually prefer seeing their party being in government rather than in opposition; on the other hand, negotiations require coalition compromises that they might dislike. In this paper, we study voters’ willingness to accept policy compromises during government formation processes. We argue that voters’ acceptance of policy compromises depends on both the strength of their party attachment and the importance they assign to the issue at stake during the coalition negotiations. Not giving in on important issues is key, especially for supporters of challenger parties, who hold strong policy preferences on a selected number of issues. To test these expectations, we collected original survey data immediately after the Spanish general election in November 2019. The results show support for the hypothesized effects, shed light on the pressure potential coalition partners face during government formation and help explain the failures of government formation attempts in increasingly polarized societies
Democracy · Economics · Face (sociological concept · Government (linguistics · Law and economics · Multi-party system · Negotiation · Opposition (politics · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Public relations · Sociology · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Law · Public Administration · Public Policy and Administration Research · Social Media and Politics
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| Unique citing works | 26 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 6,5 |
| Citation span | 2022 - 2026 (5) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 26 |