Why Minority Governments Work: Multilevel Territorial Politics in Spain (Europe in Transition: The NYU European Studies Series)

This book is an examination of minority government performance in conjunction with the territorial distribution of state power and the territorial interests of political parties. It examines political institutions, and the reconcilability of party goals and the contingent bargaining circumstances, in multilevel and territorial perspectives. Front Matter....Pages i-xiv Introduction....Pages 1-13 Front Matter....Pages 15-15 How Well Minority Parliamentary Governments Govern....Pages 17-32 Accounting for Governing Capacity....Pages 33-46 Multilevel, Multidimensional Politics in Spain....Pages 47-73 Front Matter....Pages 75-75 Governing Capacity and Partisan Bargaining Circumstances....Pages 77-90 How Minority Governments Govern....Pages 91-122 National Parliamentary Institutions and Government Strength....Pages 123-140 The Reconcilability of Party Goals in the Multilevel State....Pages 141-156 Office for Policy in the National Arena or Peix al cove....Pages 157-173 Multilevel Exchange of Office or Pactos de estado....Pages 175-191 Party Competition in the Regional Arena and National-Level Alliances....Pages 193-206 Front Matter....Pages 207-207 Minority Government Performance and Comparative Lessons....Pages 209-219 Back Matter....Pages 221-261