Coalition Theory and Local Government: Coalition Payoffs in Britain
- 1 October 1987
- journal article
- other
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in British Journal of Political Science
- Vol. 17 (4) , 501-509
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0007123400004890
Abstract
Formal coalition theory has tended to ignore the existence of local government coalitions. Local government studies have tended to ignore the existence of formal coalition theory. Yet local administrations frequently comprise coalitions of parties. There is clearly a need, therefore, to bring the two areas of study together.Keywords
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