Coalition government and political communication
Coalition government and political communication
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DOI：
10.1177/1065912907308348
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发表时间：
2008-09-01
影响因子：
2.1
通讯作者：
Vanberg, Georg
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文献类型：
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作者：
Martin, Lanny W.;Vanberg, Georg
在议会民主制中，多党政府面临的主要挑战之一是，联盟政党需要向选民表明，它们在同意政策妥协时没有严重偏离其选举承诺。我们认为，政党试图使他们的情况下，选民的主要方式之一是通过他们的行为在立法辩论。辩论提供了一个独特的机会--与政府正在实施的政策直接相关--来宣布政党对联盟妥协的立场。在两个议会民主国家的几百个立法演讲的分析中，我们发现，联盟政党与选民沟通更广泛的内部分裂的问题，特别是随着下一届议会选举的临近。我们还展示了上下文和机构的影响（包括初级部长的影响），补充新的研究结果在文献中的联盟治理。
One of the central challenges facing multiparty governments in parliamentary democracies is the need for coalition parties to communicate to their constituents that they have not strayed significantly from their electoral commitments when agreeing to policy compromises. We argue that one of the main ways parties attempt to make their case to constituents is through their behavior in legislative debate. Debate provides a unique opportunity-tied directly to the policy the government is implementing-to declare party positions on the coalition compromise. In an analysis of several hundred legislative speeches in two parliamentary democracies, we show that coalition parties communicate with constituents much more extensively on internally divisive issues, especially as the next parliamentary elections draw near. We also demonstrate contextual and institutional effects (including the impact of junior ministers) that complement emerging findings in the literature on coalition governance.