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Book SynopsisA highly puzzling phenomena in politics is why some parliamentary democracies, such as Britain, manage to produce highly durable governments, whereas others, such as Italy, experience instability. This book uses an innovative statistical methodology and data set to analyse sixteen West European countries over the entire post-war period.
Trade Review"Warwick's book will challenge students of governmental survival to rethink and sharpen their own models. His focus on ideological diversity within governments and economic trends adds useful perspectives." Journal of Politics
Table of ContentsList of tables and figures; Preface; 1. Introduction: the government survival debates; 2. The quantitative study of government survival; 3. Basic attributes and government survival; 4. The role of ideology; 5. Economic conditions and government survival; 6. The underlying trend in government survival; 7. Model adequacy; 8. Conclusion: an alternative perspective on government survival; Appendix: a codebook of variables used in this study; Notes; References; Index.
