Cabinets and Coalition Bargaining

<br>Kaare Str m is a Professor in Political Science at the University of California, San Diego. He is the author of Minority Government and Majority Rule; co-editor of Challenges to Political Parties, Policy, Office or Votes?, Coalition Governments in Western Europe (OUP 2000), Delegation andAccountability in Parliamentary Democracies (OUP 2003), and the textbook Comparative Politics Today: A World View. He has published numerous articles in such scholarly journals as the American Political Science Review, the American Journal of Political Science, and the European Journal of PoliticalResearch. <br>Wolfgang C. M ller is a Professor of Political Science at the University of Mannheim and former Director of the Mannheim Centre for European Social Research (MZES). His book publications include Policy, Office, or Votes? How Political Parties in Western Europe Make Hard Decisions, CoalitionGovernments in Western Europe (OUP 2000), and Delegation and Accountability in Parliamentary Democracies (OUP 2003). <br>Torbj rn Bergman is a Professor in Political Science at the University of Umea. His book publications include Delegation and Accountability in European Integration: The Nordic Parliamentary Democracies and the European Union, Delegation and Accountability in Parliamentary Democracies (OUP 2003), and Democratic Institutions in Decline?. His articles have appeared in journals such as European Journal of Political Research, Journal of European Public Policy, Government and Opposition, Party Politics, and Scandinavian Political Studies.<br>

1. Coalition Theory and Cabinet Governance: An Introduction; 2. Bargaining, Transaction Costs, and Coalition Governance; 3. The Empirical Study of Cabinet Governance; 4. Uncertainty and Complexity in Cabinet Formation; 5. Coalition Agreements and Cabinet Governance; 6. Government Formation and Cabinet Type in Parliamentary Democracies; 7. Portfolio Allocation; 8. Conflict Management in Coalition Government; 9. Cabinet Termination in Western Europe; 10. Institutions, Chance and Choices: The Dynamics of Cabinet Survival in the Parliamentary Democracies of Western Europe (1945-1999); 11. Coalition Membership and Electoral Performance; 12. Conclusion: Cabinet Governance in Parliamentary Democracies