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dc.contributor.authorTIMMERMANS, Arco I.
dc.date.accessioned2012-06-21T14:11:48Z
dc.date.available2012-06-21T14:11:48Z
dc.date.issued2003
dc.identifier.citationAldershot ; Burlington : Ashgate, 2003en
dc.identifier.isbn9780754615590
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1814/22476
dc.description.abstractThis informative text deals with the emergence of coalition agreements, their contents, the problem of enforcement and with the question of whether or not the functions are performed in practice. It explores the idea that policy bargaining in government formation is not just an isolated process, but that it is a real chance for parties to deal with substantive and controversial issues at an early stage. The coalition agreements in which these issues are incorporated have become important in most multiparty systems, but they have received little attention in political science research. This book argues that more systematic attention for these institutional variables is highly useful in coalition research because it helps to explain processes and outcome in coalition politics.en
dc.description.tableofcontents--Government formation and beyond: an empirical study; --Bargaining, policy, and coalition agreements; --Functions and effects of coalition agreements; --Case studies: coalitions in Belgium and the Netherlands; --The Leburton government (1973-74); --The Tindemans V government (1977-78); --The Van Agt II government (1981-82); --The Lubbers I government (1982-86); --The Kok I government (1994-98); --The high politics of coalition agreements; --Bibliography; --Index.en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherAshgateen
dc.relation.isversionofhttp://hdl.handle.net/1814/5406en
dc.titleHigh politics in the low countries : an empirical study of coalition agreements in Belgium and the Netherlandsen
dc.typeBooken
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dc.description.versionPublished version of EUI PhD thesis, 1996en


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