01451pab a2200145 454500008004000000100002100040245007800061260000900139300001500148362000800163520104600171650002601217650002801243773003401271180718b2001   xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  aWarwick, Paul V.  aCoalition policy in parliamentary democracies: who gets how much and why?  c2001  ap.1211-236  aDec  aThis study investigates several hypotheses relating to the policy positions adopted by coalition governments in parliamentary democracies.  Previous research, based on the comparative manifestors project's coding of party manifestos and coalition government declarations, has found that the linkage between the left-right positions of coalition government and the positions of the parties that compose them is surprisingly weak.  This investigation uses the same data to reveal a much closer correspondence between the two in West European systems.  This linkage initially appeared to be weak because it is partially masked by additional influences on government policy emanating from the formateur party, the finance minister's party, the external supoport parties sustaining the government (if any), and the parliamentary centre of gravity.  In addition, government policy is affected by the position of the preceding government and shows a marked tendency to drift rightward with the passage of time since the last election. - Reproduced.  aCoalition governments  aPolitics and government  aComparative Political Studies