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Browsing Department of Political and Social Sciences (SPS) by Author "BOLLEYER, Nicole"

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Title: Intergovernmental Cooperation. Rational Choices in Federal Systems and Beyond Author(s): BOLLEYER, Nicole Date: 2009 Type of Publication: Book Abstract: Over the past decades, governments have increasingly been confronted with problems that transcend their boundaries. A multitude of policy fields are affected, including environment, trade and security. Responding to the ...
Title: The Puzzle of Non-Party Actors in Party Democracy: Independents in Ireland Author(s): BOLLEYER, Nicole; WEEKS, Liam Date: 2007 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI SPS Abstract: It is an accepted truth that parties are the central political actors in liberal democracy. This dominance of parties is often considered the logical outcome of rational politicians’ attempts to maximize their utility in ...
Title: Small Parties: From Party Pledges to Government Policy Author(s): BOLLEYER, Nicole Date: 2007 Type of Publication: Article Abstract: When estimating a party's capacity for goal co-ordination, scholars need not only consider contextual constraints but also the party's properties, since these directly affect its strategic choices. For small parties which ...
Title: Internal government dynamics and the nature of intergovernmental relations: constraints and corridors of organizational adaptation in federal systems Author(s): BOLLEYER, Nicole Date: 2007 Type of Publication: Thesis Series/Report no.: EUI PhD theses Abstract: Over the past decades, governments have increasingly been confronted with problems that transcend their boundaries. A multitude of policy fields are affected, including environment, trade and security. Responding to the ...
Title: Federal Dynamics in Canada, the United States, and Switzerland: How Substates' Internal Organization Affects Intergovernmental Relations Author(s): BOLLEYER, Nicole Date: 2006 Type of Publication: Article Abstract: This article argues that internal substate dynamics can systematically account for the organization of intergovernmental relations (IGR) in dual federal systems. Whereas majoritarian executive-legislative relations tend ...
Title: Consociationalism and Intergovernmental Relations - Linking Internal and External Power-Sharing in the Swiss Federal Polity Author(s): BOLLEYER, Nicole Date: 2006 Type of Publication: Article Abstract: For several decades, comparative politics has treated the Swiss political system as the prime example of a power-sharing polity in which consociationalism and cooperative intergovernmental relations co-exist in a mutually ...
Title: Intergovernmental Arrangements in Spanish and Swiss Federalism: the Impact of Power-Concentrating and Power-Sharing Executives on Intergovernmental Institutionalization Author(s): BOLLEYER, Nicole Date: 2006 Type of Publication: Article Abstract: This article argues that the mode of decision making within federal sub-units affects the organizational patterns of intergovernmental relations (IGR) through which regional actors engage in cross-jurisdictional co-operation. ...
Title: Das Gewicht kleiner Parteien. Der schwierige Transfer von Formations- in Koalitionsmacht Author(s): BOLLEYER, Nicole Date: 2004 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI SPS
Title: Kleine Parteien zwischen Stimmenmaximierung, Politikgestaltung und Regierungsübernahme am Beispiel Irlands und Dänemarks Author(s): BOLLEYER, Nicole Date: 2004 Type of Publication: Article