Introduction: Government coalitions in multi-level settings-institutional determinants and party strategy

Regional and Federal Studies

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-12

  Ştefuriuc, Irina ^a  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Coalition congruence; Decentralization; Government formation; Political parties; Regional government

Indexed keywords

DECENTRALIZATION; DECISION MAKING; FEDERAL SYSTEM; GOVERNMENT; PARTY POLITICS; REGIONAL POLITICS;

BELGIUM; BENELUX; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 70349998624     PISSN: 13597566     EISSN: 17439434     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13597560802692199     Document Type: Article

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