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100			_aKefford, Glenn and Weeks, Liam _926356
245			_aMinority party government and independent MPs: A comparative analysis of Australia and Ireland
260			_aParliamentary Affairs: A Journal of Representative Politics 7
300			_a73(1), Jan, 2020: p.89-107
520			_aMinority government is becoming more common. With support declining for traditional parties and increasing for anti-establishment movements, government formation is becoming increasingly difficult in many jurisdictions. While minority government has been the subject of much normative debate, one type of minority arrangement that has not attracted much attention is that involving independent parliamentarians. Government in most countries tends to be party government, but in this article, we examine the experience in Australia and Ireland of independents supporting minority government. We assess the performance of these administrations in terms of their stability, their productivity and their electoral performance. We find that, contrary to expectation, minority government involving independents is not a recipe for instability nor necessarily results in an efficient parliament. – Reproduced
650			_aMinority Party Government, Australia and Ireland _926357
773			_aParliamentary Affairs: A Journal of Representative Politics
906			_aCOALITION GOVERNMENT
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