Manycoalitioncabinetsnegotiatelengthycoalitioncontractsoutliningtheagendaforthetimeinoffice.Notonlydoesnegotiatingtheseagreementstakeuptimeandresources,butcompromiseshavetobemade,whichmayresultincabinetconflictsandelectoralcosts.Thisbookexploreswhypoliticalpartiesnegotiatesuchagreements,andarguesthatcoalitionagreementsareimportantcontroldevicesthatallowcoalitionpartiestokeeptheirpartnersinline.Theauthorsshowthattheirusevarieswiththepreferenceconfigurationincabinetandtheallocationofministerialportfolios.First,theypositthatpartieswillonlynegotiatepolicyissuesinacoalitionagreementwhentheydisagreeontheseissuesandwhentheyareimportanttoallpartners.Second,sincecontrollingaministryprovidespartieswithimportantinformationandpolicy-makingadvantages,partiesuseagreementstoconstraintheirpartnersparticularlywhentheycontroltheministryinchargeofapolicyarea.Finally,theyarguethatcoalitionagreementsonlyworkaseffectivecontroldevicesifcoalitionpartiessettlecontroversialissuesinthesecontracts.TheCOALITIONAGREEDatasetisusedtoevaluatetheexpectationssetoutinthebook;thedatasetmapsthecontentof229coalitionagreementsthatwerenegotiatedby189partiesbetween1945and2015in24WesternandEasternEuropeancountries.Theresultsshowthatcoalitionpartiessystematicallyuseagreementstocontroltheirpartnerswhenpolicyissuesaredivisiveandsalientandwhentheyareconfrontedwithahostileminister.Theseagreementsonlyeffectivelycontainconflicts,however,whenpartiesnegotiateacompromiseonpreciselytheissuesthatdividethem.ComparativePoliticsisaseriesforresearchers,teachers,andstudentsofpoliticalsciencethatdealswithcontemporarygovernmentandpolitics.Globalinscope,booksintheseriesarecharacterizedbyastressoncomparativeanalysisandstrongmethodologicalrigour.TheseriesispublishedinassociationwiththeEuropeanConsortiumforPoliticalResearch.Formoreinformationvisit:www.ecprnet.eu.TheseriesiseditedbyNicoleBolleyer,ChairofComparativePoliticalScience,GeschwisterSchollInstitut,LMUMunichandJonathanSlapin,ProfessorofPoliticalInstitutionsandEuropeanPolitics,DepartmentofPoliticalScience,UniversityofZurich.
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