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- Title
Regierungsbildung, Ämterverteilung und Politikinhalte nach der Bundestagswahl 2009: Wer hat sich in der schwarz-gelben Koalition am besten durchgesetzt?
- Authors
Debus, Marc
- Abstract
The question »who gets what?« is one of the central research areas in studies on coalition politics. This paper analyses which party of the new German coalition government between Christian Democrats and Liberals was able to implement its office and policy preferences at most. On the basis of the »Political Heart« model, which is modified in a way that pre-electoral coalition statements of the parties are included, the paper argues that CDU/CSU should be in a pivotal position in the 2009 German coalition formation game as well as in the coalition negotiation process. When evaluating this expectation empirically, there is, however, only mixed evidence for this expectation. CDU and CSU were only able to implement their economic policy positions, but not their societal policy preferences in the negotiated policy agreement. In addition, they did not receive a surpassing share of cabinet portfolios. Yet, Christian Democrats could win a larger number of junior ministers and were additionally able to place two junior ministers as »watchdogs« in portfolios that were captured by the smaller liberal coalition partner.
- Subjects
GERMANY; COALITION governments; ELECTIONS; LIBERALS; ELECTORAL coalitions; POLITICAL parties; SOCIAL policy; ECONOMIC policy; CHRISTLICH-Demokratische Union Deutschlands; CHRISTLICH-Soziale Union; ECONOMICS
- Publication
Zeitschrift für Politik, 2010, Vol 57, Issue 4, p389
- ISSN
0044-3360
- Publication type
Article