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High Politics in the Low Countries. An Empirical Study of Coalition Agreements in Belgium and the Netherlands.(Book Review)
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West European Politics
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May 1, 2004
- Author:
- Woldendorp, Jaap
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Copyright informationCOPYRIGHT 2004 Frank Cass & Company Ltd. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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High Politics in the Low Countries. An Empirical Study of Coalition Agreements in Belgium and the Netherlands. By A.I. TIMMERMANS. Aldershot and Burlington: Ashgate, 2003. Pp. viii + 168, 22 tables, biblio, index. 45.00 [pounds sterling] (cloth) ISBN 0-7546-1559-6.
This book provides a series of five case studies into the formulation of government coalition agreements in Belgium in the 1970s (two cases) and in the Netherlands in the 1980s (two cases) and 1990s (one case). It builds on the international comparative discussion on government formation by the author and other researchers like Andeweg, Bergman, Budge, Hearl, Hunt, Keman, Klingemann, Laver, Schofield, Strom, ...
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