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100			_aWarwick, Paul V.
245			_aCoalition policy in parliamentary democracies: who gets how much and why?
260			_c2001
300			_ap.1211-236
362			_aDec
520			_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.
650			_aCoalition governments
650			_aPolitics and government
773			_aComparative Political Studies
909			_a51745
999			_c51745 _d51745