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- Title
Electoral promises and minority governments: An empirical study.
- Authors
ARTÉS, JOAQUÍN; BUSTOS, ANTONIO
- Abstract
This article studies the relationship between electoral policy proposals and subsequent government actions in the case of minority governments. Content analysis of electoral pledges of Spanish parties is utilised to study the gains that a relatively small party obtains when it helps to sustain the governing party in office without entering a coalition government. According to the authors' results, cooperating in parliament to maintain the minority government in office can be a rational choice for a party because it allows it to obtain significant gains in terms of programme fulfillment.
- Subjects
SPAIN; POLITICAL parties; ELECTION policy; LOBBYING; ELECTIONS; COALITION governments; SPANISH politics &; government, 1975-2014; ECONOMICS
- Publication
European Journal of Political Research, 2008, Vol 47, Issue 3, p307
- ISSN
0304-4130
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1475-6765.2007.00722.x