Coalition Structures and Policy Change in a Consensus Democracy

Policy Studies Journal

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 344-366

  Fischer, Manuel ^a,b  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Coalition structure; Consensus democracy; Policy change; Policy process; Qualitative Comparative Analysis

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMOCRACY; PARTY POLITICS; POLICY REFORM; POLITICAL DISCOURSE; POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY;

SWITZERLAND;

EID: 84905854056     PISSN: 0190292X     EISSN: 15410072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/psj.12064     Document Type: Article

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