Partisan Policy-Making in Western Europe How Ideology Influences the Content of Government Policies /

• Main Author: Hartmann, Sebastian (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Wiesbaden : Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden : Imprint: Springer VS, 2015.
• Subjects: Political science.; Political theory.; Political economy.; Comparative politics.; Political Science and International Relations.; Comparative Politics.; Political Economy.; Political Theory.

Sebastian Hartmann aims at answering the question whether socioeconomic policies implemented by governments are generally rather similar or whether their content actually varies with the ideological background of governments. In addition, he wants to find out whether government characteristics such...

Table of Contents:

• Party Ideology
• Theory for Studying Policy Outputs
• The Political Business Cycle
• Partisan Policy-Making in Coalitions and Minority Governments
• The Effects of Coalitions on Government Policy Positions
• The Distribution of Left and Right Policy Measures.