Electoral competition and strategic intra-coalition oversight in parliament : the case of the bipolar Belgian polity
Although research has highlighted how parties use parliamentary tools to monitor coalition partners and ensure that they loyally execute compromises, the role of electoral competition in intra-coalition oversight is less well documented. Do coalition parties actually ‘police the bargain’ or do they rather use their tools to publicly target and potentially discredit parties with whom they will eventually compete for votes? Although generally difficult to disentangle, this study focuses on the unique Belgian polity, where Flemish and francophone parties govern together in a federal cabinet but c... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | journalarticle |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2024 |
Schlagwörter: | Law and Political Science / Political Science and International Relations / Sociology and Political Science / Belgium / MPs / parliamentary questions / parliaments / coalitions |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-28491766 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | https://biblio.ugent.be/publication/01H0MEB6AY0Z1VWDXCZM88Z8MW |