Policy Horizons And Parliamentary Government

Introduces a hypothesis concerning the formation and survival of coalition governments in Western European parliamentary democracies, the policy horizon hypothesis. This book finds support for the hypothesis in an array of evidence, including findings based on a survey of experts in West European political systems.

Policy Horizons and Parliamentary Government introduces a new hypothesis concerning the formation and survival of coalition governments in Western European parliamentary democracies, the policy horizon hypothesis. Although the hypothesis itself is very simple, it implies a fundamental change in our understanding of how parliamentary systems function in the absence of a majority party.

The book finds support for the hypothesis in a wide array of evidence, including findings based on a new survey of experts in West European political systems.