Minority governments in parliamentary democracies are
conventionally considered to be unstable and ineffective
aberrations from the principle of majority rule. Through analysis
of over 350 postwar governments, the author shows that minority
governments are neither exceptional nor unstable but in fact a
common feature of parliamentary democracies and frequently perform
as well as, or better than, majority coalitions. Using the Italian
and Norwegian governments as case studies, he suggests that
minority governments are particularly likely to form when parties
anticipate competitive elections and when opposition parties are
able to influence legislative decisions. As an attempt to document
and explain a very common form of government in parliamentary
democracies, this book will contribute significantly to the
understanding of the importance of electoral competition in
democratic politics.
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