TY  - BOOK
AU  - Evans,Matt
TI  - Coalition government as a reflection of a nation's politics and society: a comparative study of parliamentary parties and cabinets in 12 countries 
T2  - Routledge research in comparative politics
SN  - 9780429422379
AV  - JF331 
U1  - DC 328.369 2021
PY  - 2021///
CY  - London
PB  - Routledge
KW  - Comparative politics
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index
N2  - "Through examination of parliamentary governments in twelve countries, this book demonstrates the ways in which study of the parties in governing coalitions, and their parliamentary opposition, provides insight into numerous aspects of countries' cultural values, societal schisms, and the issues of greatest contention among its people. Each chapter analyses the political parties in a different country's parliament and illustrates how they represent the country's competing interests, social divisions, and public policy debates. Coalition and opposition parties are also shown to reflect each country's: political institutions, political actors, political culture, societal, geographic, and ideological rifts. In many of the countries, changes in the constellation of parties in government are emblematic of important political, social, and economic changes. This book will be essential reading for students of parliamentary government, political parties, electoral politics and, more broadly, to comparative politics"--
ER  -