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Assembly dissolution powers and incumbency advantages in government formation

by Caitríona Devery Posted on November 27, 2017
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By Cristina Bucur (Lecturer / Assistant Professor, University College Dublin) and Petra Schleiter (Professor of Comparative Politics, University of Oxford) Governments in most parliamentary democracies have some influence on assembly dissolution, which enables them to affect parliamentary bargaining. Yet, whether these … Continue reading →

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Polititcal Parties and Democratic Linkage

by UCDSPIRe Posted on May 8, 2012
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David Farrell summarizes the core argument of his recent book: Russell J. Dalton, David M. Farrell and Ian McAllister, Political Parties and Democratic Linkage: How Parties Organize Democracy(Oxford University Press, 2011) In the academic literature on political parties, which argues that … Continue reading →

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