Coalition governments in Western Europe

Abstract

1: Wolfgang C. Muller and Kaare Strom: Coalition Governance in Western Europe: An Introduction 2: Thomas Saalfeld: Germany: Stable Parties, Chancellor Democracy and the Art of Informal Settlement 3: Wolfgang C. M uller: Austria: Tight Coalitions and Stable Government 4: Paul Mitchell: Ireland: From Single-Party to Coalition Rule 5: Hanne Marthe Narud and Kaare Str /om: Norway: A Fragile Coalitional Order 6: Torbj orn Bergman: Sweden: When Minority Cabinets Are the Rule and Majority Coalitions the Exception 7: Erik Damgaard: Denmark: The Life and Death of Government Coalitions 8: Jaakko Nousiainen: Finland: The Consolidation of Parliamentary Governance 9: Lieven De Winter, Arco Timmermans, and Patrick Dumont: Belgium: On Government Agreements, Evangelists, Followers and Heretics 10: Rudy B. Andeweg and Arco Timmermans: The Netherlands: Still the Politics of Accommodation? 11: Patrick Dumont and Lieven De Winter: Luxembourg: Stable Coalitions in a Pivotal Party System 12: Luca Verzichelli and Maurizio Cotta: Italy: From Constrained Coalitions to Alternating Governments? 13: Jean-Louis Thi 'ebault: France: Forming and Maintaining Government Coalitions in the Fifth Republic 14: Jose M. Magone: Portugal: The Rationale of Democratic Regime-Building 15: Wolfgang C. Muller and Kaare Str /om: Conclusion: Coalition Governance in Western Europe.