This book examines whether parties' ability to channel voter interests into political
institutions has in fact declined in the wake of decline of party membership figures and the …

Bargaining failure has been neglected in the study of interparty coalitions. I examine the
unsuccessful attempt by three Norwegian nonsocialist parties to defeat a Labor party …

In this article, we examine the occurrence of pre-electoral coalitions (PECs). Recent
research points to when and why they are likely to occur, but these explanations are pitched …

While it is commonly assumed that parliamentary opposition is on the wane in Western
democracies, we argue that evidence supporting this established proposition is lacking …

This article explores the pattern of opinions within political parties. What is the level of issue
congruence between voters and elected leaders? The article introduces two ideas for the …

This paper is about mass constraints on parties engaged in coalition bargaining. Models of
coalition bargaining most commonly focus on policy distances between parties, and have …

The empirical analysis presented in this article gives little reason for disregarding traditional
images of the representatives of the Norwegian Storting as egalitarian minded, party based …

This article deals with the accountability of coalition governments in multi-party systems.
How does government responsibility affect popular support for parties? To what extent …

Statssekretærene er trolig den gruppen med mest politisk makt i Norge som vi vet minst om. I
denne artikkelen forsøker vi å bøte på denne manglende kunnskapen. Med utgangspunkt i …

This article focuses on coalition termination in Norway and explores the questions: Which
issues are severe enough to bring down a coalition government? To what extent are …