Book Review: The Politics of Parliamentary Debate: Parties, Rebels, and Representation
In: Party politics: an international journal for the study of political parties and political organizations, Band 23, Heft 4, S. 463-464
ISSN: 1460-3683
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In: Party politics: an international journal for the study of political parties and political organizations, Band 23, Heft 4, S. 463-464
ISSN: 1460-3683
In: West European politics, Band 39, Heft 4, S. 890-900
ISSN: 1743-9655
In: The journal of legislative studies, Band 22, Heft 1, S. 108-128
ISSN: 1743-9337
In: West European politics, Band 39, Heft 4, S. 890
ISSN: 0140-2382
In: Political communication: an international journal, Band 40, Heft 6, S. 742-767
ISSN: 1091-7675
In: South European society & politics, Band 22, Heft 1, S. 121-138
ISSN: 1743-9612
In: Government & opposition: an international journal of comparative politics, Band 53, Heft 2, S. 335-355
ISSN: 1477-7053
In an age of rampant distrust and disaffection, pledge fulfilment is important for the quality of delegation between voters and elected officials. In this article, we make an empirical appraisal of pledge fulfilment in Portugal. Do Portuguese minority governments fulfil their pledges? How do they fulfil those pledges? What is the role of opposition parties? Using an original data set with over 3,000 electoral pledges for three Socialist governments, as well as interviews with former ministers and party leaders, our evidence suggests that: (1) minority governments fulfil at least as many pledges as their majority counterparts; (2) the main opposition party manages to extract the most policy benefits; and (3) economic conditions and cohabitation situations matter for pledge fulfilment.
In: Government & opposition: an international journal of comparative politics, S. 1-21
ISSN: 0017-257X
In: Library of Legislative Studies
In: West European politics, Band 43, Heft 4, S. 1038-1050
ISSN: 1743-9655
In: European journal of political research: official journal of the European Consortium for Political Research, Band 55, Heft 1, S. 61-80
ISSN: 0304-4130
In: European journal of political research: official journal of the European Consortium for Political Research, Band 55, Heft 1, S. 61-80
ISSN: 1475-6765
AbstractAs semi‐presidentialism has become increasingly common in European democracies, so have the debates about the consequences of several of its political and institutional features. In particular, in those regimes, cohabitation between presidents and cabinets of different parties and cabinet dismissal powers on the part of presidents are thought to be a source of inter‐branch conflict and government instability. However, so far, most empirical work on government survival has failed to confirm any of these expectations. This article addresses this disjuncture between theory and empirical results by making a twofold contribution. First, it takes into account the internal diversity within semi‐presidentialism, modeling the implications for government survival of different configurations between presidential powers' of cabinet dismissal, parliament dissolution and cohabitation in European semi‐presidential systems. Second, it reconsiders traditional government survival using the competing risks framework by adding a distinction between two different types of non‐electoral replacement: those where replacements imply a change in the party of the prime minister and those where they do not. Once such an approach is adopted, that presidential powers of parliamentary dissolution and cabinet dismissal indeed emerge as highly relevant for explaining government survival in these regimes.
In: Parliaments and Government Formation, S. 217-232
In: Relações internacionais: R:I, Heft 41
ISSN: 1645-9199
The European project has enjoyed a substantive support from both elite and masses in Portugal. Since the country joined the ECC, in 1986, the main political parties have been strong supporters of Europe. In recent years, however, political and economic crises have undermined the support for the European project. In this paper we produce a preliminary analysis of the competition dimensions in the 2014 European elections. We empirically analyze the position of the five most important Portuguese political parties towards European integration, the Euro, debt renegotiation, Eurobonds, and changes in pensions in a context that fosters contestation of European integration and its outputs. Adapted from the source document.
In: The Oxford politics of institutions
In: Oxford scholarship online
In: Political Science
A comprehensive study which looks at the politics of legislative debates in 33 liberal democracies in Europe, North America and Latin America, Africa, Asia, and Oceania. This book offers an account of the rules and practices determining floor access, with a particular focus on gender, seniority, and legislative party positions.