Towards an analysis of voting power in parliament: an exploration into coalition-making in Nordic parliaments
In this explorative paper, coalitions in national assemblies are analysed as n-person games with the Penrose-Banzhaf solution concept. It is shown that forming minority coalitions may result from a rational strategy to maximize voting power. Thus, there is no need to attempt a permanent minimum winn...
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ftulundlup:oai:lup.lub.lu.se:a4d7d09c-c1bd-42be-b55b-f883e5728500 2023-05-15T16:48:52+02:00 Towards an analysis of voting power in parliament: an exploration into coalition-making in Nordic parliaments Lane, Jan-Erik Maeland, Reinert 2007 https://lup.lub.lu.se/record/968977 https://doi.org/10.1057/palgrave.ap.5500169 eng eng Palgrave Macmillan https://lup.lub.lu.se/record/968977 http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/palgrave.ap.5500169 wos:000251236600001 scopus:36549074245 Acta Politica; 42(4), pp 355-379 (2007) ISSN: 0001-6810 Probability Theory and Statistics multipartism Machiavellianism as maximizing voting power Penrose-Banzhaf approach Wicksell's unanimity principle minority coalitions calculus and interpretation Nordic parliaments contributiontojournal/article info:eu-repo/semantics/article text 2007 ftulundlup https://doi.org/10.1057/palgrave.ap.5500169 2023-02-01T23:27:20Z In this explorative paper, coalitions in national assemblies are analysed as n-person games with the Penrose-Banzhaf solution concept. It is shown that forming minority coalitions may result from a rational strategy to maximize voting power. Thus, there is no need to attempt a permanent minimum winning coalition. Moreover, maximizing voting power for a group of players like a disciplined political party involves the making of temporary coalitions over the entire political space, as anything goes. The examples looked at include the present Nordic parliamentary situation in Denmark, Finland, Sweden, Norway and Iceland. Article in Journal/Newspaper Iceland Lund University Publications (LUP) Norway Acta Politica 42 4 355 379 |
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Probability Theory and Statistics multipartism Machiavellianism as maximizing voting power Penrose-Banzhaf approach Wicksell's unanimity principle minority coalitions calculus and interpretation Nordic parliaments Lane, Jan-Erik Maeland, Reinert Towards an analysis of voting power in parliament: an exploration into coalition-making in Nordic parliaments |
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In this explorative paper, coalitions in national assemblies are analysed as n-person games with the Penrose-Banzhaf solution concept. It is shown that forming minority coalitions may result from a rational strategy to maximize voting power. Thus, there is no need to attempt a permanent minimum winning coalition. Moreover, maximizing voting power for a group of players like a disciplined political party involves the making of temporary coalitions over the entire political space, as anything goes. The examples looked at include the present Nordic parliamentary situation in Denmark, Finland, Sweden, Norway and Iceland. |
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Towards an analysis of voting power in parliament: an exploration into coalition-making in Nordic parliaments |
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Towards an analysis of voting power in parliament: an exploration into coalition-making in Nordic parliaments |
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Towards an analysis of voting power in parliament: an exploration into coalition-making in Nordic parliaments |
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Towards an analysis of voting power in parliament: an exploration into coalition-making in Nordic parliaments |
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Towards an analysis of voting power in parliament: an exploration into coalition-making in Nordic parliaments |
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towards an analysis of voting power in parliament: an exploration into coalition-making in nordic parliaments |
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