Minority government and majority rule
Through the analysis of over 350 post war governments and using the Italian and Norwegian governments as case studies, the author shows that minority governments are, contrary to conventional thinking, neither exceptional nor unstable, but in fact are a common feature of parliamentary democracies and frequently perform as well as, or better than, majority coalitions.
Print Book, English, [1990]
Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, [1990]
293 p. ; 23 cm.
9780521374316, 0521374316
757471617
1. The problem of minority government; 2. The rationality of minority government formation; 3. Forming minority governments; 4. Minority governments in office; 5. Italy: the politics of cooperation and defection; 6. Norway: the politics of inclusion; 7. Reassessing minority governments; Appendices; Notes; References.