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Book SynopsisFor eighty years, students of parliamentary democracy have argued that durable cabinets require majority party government. Lawrence Dodd challenges this widely held belief and offers in its place a revisionist interpretation based on contemporary game theory. He argues for a fundamental alteration in existing conceptions of the relationship between
Table of Contents*Frontmatter, pg. i*Contents, pg. vii*Tables, pg. ix*Illustrations, pg. xiii*Acknowledgments, pg. xv*Abbreviations, pg. xvii*1. Introduction, pg. 1*2. A Theory of Cabinet Formation and Maintenance in Multiparty Parliaments, pg. 33*3. Party Systems and Coalition Processes, pg. 54*4. Party System Fractionalization and Stability, pg. 73*5. The Degree of Cleavage Conflict, pg. 97*6. Cabinet Coalitional Status and Cabinet Durability, pg. 115*7. Party Coalitions in Multiparty Parliaments, pg. 127*8. Party Government and Cabinet Durability: All Peacetime Parliaments, pg. 156*9. Interwar-Postwar Contrasts, pg. 182*10. The Analysis of Parliamentary Coalitions: Problems and Prospects, pg. 207*11. Party Systems and Democracy, pg. 229*Appendix A, pg. 245*Appendix BETA: The Location of Parliamentary Parties on Salient Cleavage Dimensions, pg. 247*Selected Bibliography, pg. 257*Index, pg. 279
