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Article | Een bijzonder meerderheidskabinet?Parlementair gedrag tijdens het kabinet Rutte-I |
Keywords | minority cabinet, majority cabinet, parliamentary behaviour, the Netherlands |
Authors | Simon Otjes en Tom Louwerse |
DOI | 10.5553/RP/048647002013055004002 |
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Simon Otjes and Tom Louwerse, "Een bijzonder meerderheidskabinet?", Res Publica, 4, (2013):459-479
This article studies how the presence of the supported minority government Rutte-I affected patterns of legislative behaviour. Based on the literature on minority cabinets one would expect that during supported minority cabinets parliamentary parties cooperate more often across the division between coalition and opposition than under multiparty majority cabinet rule. Examining almost 30,000 parliamentary votes between 1994 and 2012, this study finds that on a host of indicators of coalition-opposition-cooperation, there was less cooperation ‘across the aisle’ during the Rutte-I cabinet than during any cabinet before it. We explain this with reference to the comprehensive nature of the support agreement as well as the impact of the cabinets’ ideological composition. |