Government coalitions under presidentialism and parliamentarism Academic Article

abstract

• Are government coalitions less frequent under presidentialism than under parliamentarism? The only difference between the two systems is that unscheduled elections are held under parliamentarism in those situations in which under presidentialism a majority legislative coalition opposes the executive. In both systems, portfolio coalitions are formed only when the formateur party and the one closest to it are relatively distant in policy terms. Otherwise, the formateur party governs alone, satisfied with the legislative outcomes. Hence, portfolio minority governments need not be less effective legislatively than coalition governments. Whatever is wrong with presidentialism, is not due to the difficulty of forming coalitions.

authors

• Cheibub, Jose

published proceedings

• DADOS-REVISTA DE CIENCIAS SOCIAIS

altmetric score

• 4.25

author list (cited authors)

• Cheibub, J. A., Przeworski, A., & Saiegh, S.

citation count

• 11

complete list of authors

• Cheibub, JA||Przeworski, A||Saiegh, S

publication date

• January 2002

publisher

• FapUNIFESP (SciELO)  Publisher

published in

• Dados : Revista de Ciências Sociais  Journal

keywords

• Government Coalitions
• Parliamentarism
• Presidentialism

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1590/S0011-52582002000200001

start page

• 187

end page

• 218

volume

• 45

issue

• 2

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/s0011-52582002000200001