Party Government in 48 Democracies (1945–1998)

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xii

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2. Party Government and Parliamentary Democracy

   1. Party Government and Parliamentary Democracy

      • Jaap Woldendorp, Hans Keman, Ian Budge

      Pages 1-25

3. The Institutional Features of Parliamentary Government

   1. The Institutional Features of Parliamentary Government

      • Jaap Woldendorp, Hans Keman, Ian Budge

      Pages 26-76

4. The Stability of Parliamentary Democracies: Duration and Termination of Governments

   1. The Stability of Parliamentary Democracies: Duration and Termination of Governments

      • Jaap Woldendorp, Hans Keman, Ian Budge

      Pages 77-97

5. Composition-Duration-Personnel of Party Government by Country (1945–1998)

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 99-99

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   2. Australia

      • Jaap Woldendorp, Hans Keman, Ian Budge

      Pages 100-112

   3. Austria

      • Jaap Woldendorp, Hans Keman, Ian Budge

      Pages 113-120

   4. Bangladesh

      • Jaap Woldendorp, Hans Keman, Ian Budge

      Pages 121-128

   5. Belgium

      • Jaap Woldendorp, Hans Keman, Ian Budge

      Pages 129-144

   6. Botswana

      • Jaap Woldendorp, Hans Keman, Ian Budge

      Pages 145-149

   7. Bulgaria

      • Jaap Woldendorp, Hans Keman, Ian Budge

      Pages 150-154

   8. Canada

      • Jaap Woldendorp, Hans Keman, Ian Budge

      Pages 155-167

   9. Czech and Slovak Federative Republic 1990–1992

      • Jaap Woldendorp, Hans Keman, Ian Budge

      Pages 168-169

   10. Czech Republic

       • Jaap Woldendorp, Hans Keman, Ian Budge

       Pages 170-172

   11. Denmark

       • Jaap Woldendorp, Hans Keman, Ian Budge

       Pages 173-183

   12. Estonia

       • Jaap Woldendorp, Hans Keman, Ian Budge

       Pages 184-187

   13. Finland

       • Jaap Woldendorp, Hans Keman, Ian Budge

       Pages 188-200

   14. FRANCE 4th Republic 1945–1959

       • Jaap Woldendorp, Hans Keman, Ian Budge

       Pages 201-211

   15. France V

       • Jaap Woldendorp, Hans Keman, Ian Budge

       Pages 212-225

   16. Germany

       • Jaap Woldendorp, Hans Keman, Ian Budge

       Pages 226-236

Since the 1980s, political scientists have developed a renewed interest in the study of political institutions, based on the assumption that "institutions matter" -that is, that formal governmental institutions and constitutional-legal rules (as well as informal institutions like parties and interest groups) are crucial determinants of the shape of politics and policy outcomes. In this respect, the "new institutionalism" resembles the "old institutionalism" of pre-behaviorist days, but the crucial difference between the two is that the new institutionalists are committed to systematic empirical testing of their hypotheses, at least in principle. In practice, however, especially in compara­ tive analyses, this goal has often been frustrated by the lack of reliable data for a large number of countries. Researchers have therefore usually been limited to testing their hypotheses with modest data sets collected for their own particular purposes. Of all of the political institutions, the executive branch of the government is by far the most important; it can be regarded as the irreducible core of government and the principal embodiment of political authority with specific powers that are not lodged elsewhere in the political system. Almost all countries in the world, and certainly all modem democracies, have an executive body called "government", "cabinet", or "administration" (as in the term "the Clinton administration") that has the main responsibility for running the country's public affairs.

• Geschäftsordnung
• Governance
• Party
• Party government
• Politics
• Sozialdemokratische Partei Europas
• comparative politics

• Department of Political Science and Government Administration, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

  Jaap Woldendorp, Hans Keman

• Department of Government, Essex University, England

  Ian Budge

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