(2011):
Der Koalitionsausschuss: Existenz, Einsatz und Effekte einer informellen Arena des Koalitionsmanagements.
Baden-Baden:
Nomos.
[Studien zum Parlamentarismus; 18]
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Coalition Conflict and Party Politics
Research question/goal:
Coalition cabinets are the dominant form of government in Western Europe. Theoretical and empirical coalition research to this date has largely focused on government formation and duration but neglected coalition governance. The project comparatively researches the occurrence of coalition conflicts, their causes and consequences. The project includes both inter- and intra-party conflicts and events. The project aims at creating a data set that will allow the quantitative testing of dynamic coalition theories. The project also includes a control group of countries with single-party governments.
Current stage:
The project preparation has been completed with securing the database and developing the measurment instruments. Due to Wolfgang C. Müller’s move to the University of Vienna it will be terminated at the MZES. A research proposal will be submitted there.
Fact sheet
Funding:
MZES
Duration:
2004 to 2011
Status:
continued elsewhere
Data Sources:
Literature review, party documents, media reports
Geographic Space:
Western Europe
Publications
Books
Strøm, Kaare, Wolfgang C. Müller and Torbjörn Bergman
(Eds.)
(2008):
Cabinets and Coalition Bargaining.
Oxford:
Oxford University Press.
[Comparative Politics]
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Dachs, Herbert, Peter Gerlich, Herbert Gottweis, Helmut Kramer, Volkmar Lauber, Wolfgang C. Müller and Emmerich Tálos
(Eds.)
(2006):
Politik in Österreich: Das Handbuch.
Wien:
Manz.
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Journal Articles
Miller, Bernhard, and Wolfgang C. Müller
(2010):
Managing Grand Coalitions: Germany 2005–2009.
German Politics, 19, issue 3-4, pp. 332–352.
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Müller, Wolfgang C., and Thomas M. Meyer
(2010):
Meeting the Challenges of Representation and Accountability in Multi-party Government.
West European Politics, 33, issue 5, pp. 1065–1092.
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Strøm, Kaare, Wolfgang C. Müller and Daniel Markham Smith
(2010):
Parliamentary Control of Coalition Governments.
Annual Review of Political Science, 13, pp. 517–535.
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Müller, Wolfgang C., and Franz Fallend
(2004):
Changing Patterns of Party Competition in Austria: From multipolar to bipolar System.
West European Politics, 27, issue 5, pp. 801-835.
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Müller, Wolfgang C., and Marcelo Jenny
(2004):
"Business as usual" mit getauschten Rollen oder Konflikt- statt Konsensdemokratie? Parlamentarische Beziehungen unter der ÖVP-FPÖ-Koalition.
Österreichische Zeitschrift für Politikwissenschaft, 33, issue 3, pp. 309-326.
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Müller, Wolfgang C.
(2004):
Politische Delegation und Strategien der Problemlösung: das Beispiel westlicher Demokratien.
Zeitschrift für Staats- und Europawissenschaften, 2, issue 4, pp. 527-547.
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Müller, Wolfgang C.
(2004):
The parliamentary election in Austria, November 2002.
Electoral Studies, 23, issue 2, pp. 346-353.
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Book Chapters
Müller, Wolfgang C., and Thomas M. Meyer
(2010):
Mutual Veto? How Coalitions Work.
Pp. 99–124 in:
Thomas König, George Tsebelis, Marc Debus
(Eds.)
Reform Processes and Policy Change: How Do Veto Players Determine Decision-making in Modern Democracies.
New York:
Springer.
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Miller, Bernhard, and Wolfgang C. Müller
(2010):
Koalitionsmechanismen in einer Großen Koalition: Das Beispiel der Regierung Merkel.
Pp. 154–177 in:
Christoph Egle, Reinhold Zolnhöfer
(Eds.)
Die Große Koalition 2005–2009. Eine Bilanz der Regierung Merkel.
Wiesbaden:
VS Verlag.
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Müller, Wolfgang C.
(2009):
Government Formation.
Pp. 227–245 in:
Todd Landman, Neil Robinson
(Eds.)
Handbook of Comparative Politics.
London:
Sage.
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Miller, Bernhard
(2009):
Informelle Einflussnahme? Parlamentarier im Koalitionsausschuss.
Pp. 129-154 in:
Helmar Schöne, Julia von Blumenthal
(Eds.)
Parlamentarismusforschung in Deutschland: Ergebnisse und Perspektiven 40 Jahre nach Erscheinen von Gerhard Loewenbergs Standardwerk zum Deutschen Bundestag.
Baden-Baden:
Nomos.
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Müller, Wolfgang C., and Kaare Strøm
(2008):
Coalition Agreements and Cabinet Governance.
Pp. 159-200 in:
Kaare Strøm, Wolfgang C. Müller, Torbjörn Bergman
(Eds.)
Cabinets and Coalition Bargaining.
Oxford:
Oxford University Press.
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Müller, Wolfgang C., Torbjörn Bergman and Kaare Strøm
(2008):
Coalition Theory and Cabinet Governance: An Introduction.
Pp. 1-50 in:
Kaare Strøm, Wolfgang C. Müller, Torbjörn Bergman
(Eds.)
Cabinets and Coalition Bargaining.
Oxford:
Oxford University Press.
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Strøm, Kaare, Torbjörn Bergman, Wolfgang C. Müller and Benjamin Nyblade
(2008):
Conclusion: Cabinet Governance in Parliamentary Democracies.
Pp. 403-430 in:
Kaare Strøm, Wolfgang C. Müller, Torbjörn Bergman
(Eds.)
Cabinets and Coalition Bargaining.
Oxford:
Oxford University Press.
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Miller, Bernhard
(2007):
Making Measures Capture Concepts: Tools for Securing Correspondence between Theoretical Ideas and Observations.
Pp. 83-102 in:
Thomas Gschwend, Frank Schimmelfennig
(Eds.)
Research Design in Political Science: How to practice what they preach?.
Houndmills:
Palgrave Macmillan.
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Müller, Wolfgang C., and Franz Fallend
(2006):
Dal multipolarismo al bipolarismo: il cambiamento del sistema partitico in Austria.
Pp. 287-311 in:
Luciano Bardi
(Ed.)
Partiti e sistemi di partito.
Bologna:
il Mulino.
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Strøm, Kaare, Wolfgang C. Müller and Torbjörn Bergman
(2006):
The (Moral) Hazards of Parliamentary Democracy.
Pp. 27-51 in:
Dietmar Braun, Fabrizio Gilardi
(Eds.)
Delegation in Contemporary Democracies.
London:
Routledge.
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Müller, Wolfgang C., and Ulrich Sieberer
(2006):
Party Law.
Pp. 435-445 in:
Richard S. Katz, William Crotty
(Eds.)
Handbook of Party Politics.
London:
Sage Publications.
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Müller, Wolfgang C.
(2006):
Party Patronage and Party Colonization of the State.
Pp. 189-195 in:
Richard S. Katz, William Crotty
(Eds.)
Handbook of Party Politics.
London:
Sage Publications.
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Müller, Wolfgang C.
(2006):
Das Regierungssystem.
Pp. 105-118 in:
Herbert Dachs, Peter Gerlich, Herbert Gottweis, Helmut Kramer, Volkmar Lauber, Wolfgang C. Müller, Emmerich Tálos
(Eds.)
Politik in Österreich: Das Handbuch.
Wien:
Manz.
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Müller, Wolfgang C.
(2006):
Der Bundespräsident.
Pp. 188-200 in:
Herbert Dachs, Peter Gerlich, Herbert Gottweis, Helmut Kramer, Volkmar Lauber, Wolfgang C. Müller, Emmerich Tálos
(Eds.)
Politik in Österreich: Das Handbuch.
Wien:
Manz.
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Müller, Wolfgang C.
(2006):
Die Österreichische Volkspartei.
Pp. 341-363 in:
Herbert Dachs, Peter Gerlich, Herbert Gottweis, Helmut Kramer, Volkmar Lauber, Wolfgang C. Müller, Emmerich Tálos
(Eds.)
Politik in Österreich: Das Handbuch.
Wien:
Manz.
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Müller, Wolfgang C.
(2006):
Parteiensystem: Rahmenbedingungen, Format und Mechanik des Parteienwettbewerbs.
Pp. 279-304 in:
Herbert Dachs, Peter Gerlich, Herbert Gottweis, Helmut Kramer, Volkmar Lauber, Wolfgang C. Müller, Emmerich Tálos
(Eds.)
Politik in Österreich: Das Handbuch.
Wien:
Manz.
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Müller, Wolfgang C.
(2006):
Regierung und Kabinettsystem.
Pp. 168-187 in:
Herbert Dachs, Peter Gerlich, Herbert Gottweis, Helmut Kramer, Volkmar Lauber, Wolfgang C. Müller, Emmerich Tálos
(Eds.)
Politik in Österreich: Das Handbuch.
Wien:
Manz.
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Müller, Wolfgang C.
(2005):
Austria: A Complex Electoral System with Subtle Effects.
Pp. 397-416 in:
Michael Gallagher, Paul Mitchell
(Eds.)
The Politics of Electoral Systems.
Oxford:
Oxford University Press.
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Müller, Wolfgang C.
(2005):
Die Relevanz von Institutionen für Koalitionstreue: Theoretische Überlegungen und Beobachtungen zur Bundesrepublik Deutschland.
Pp. 73-107 in:
Steffen Ganghof, Philip Manow
(Eds.)
Mechanismen der Politik. Strategische Interaktion im deutschen Regierungssystem.
Frankfurt am Main:
Campus.
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Müller, Wolfgang C.
(2005):
Parteiensysteme und Muster des Parteienwettbewerbs.
Pp. 90-104 in:
Tanja Hitzel-Cassagnes, Thomas Schmidt
(Eds.)
Demokratie in Europa und europäische Demokratien. Festschrift für Heidrun Abromeit.
Wiesbaden:
Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften.
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Müller, Wolfgang C.
(2004):
Koalitionstheorien.
Pp. 267-301 in:
Ludger Helms, Uwe Jun
(Eds.)
Politische Theorie und Regierungslehre.
Frankfurt a.M.:
Campus.
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Müller, Wolfgang C., and Kaare Strom
(2004):
Servants or Oligarchs? Politicians and Parties in Parliamentary Democracies.
Pp. 421-458 in:
Hanne Marthe Narud, Anne Krogstad
(Eds.)
Elections, Parties and Political Representation.
Oslo:
Universitetsforlaget.
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Müller, Wolfgang C.
(2004):
Conclusion: Political Parties in Changing Electoral Markets.
Pp. 264-274 in:
Peter Mair, Wolfgang C. Müller, Fritz Plasser
(Eds.)
Political Parties and Electoral Change.
London:
Sage.
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Müller, Wolfgang C.
(2004):
Introduction: Electoral Challenges and Party Responses.
Pp. 1-19 in:
Peter Mair, Wolfgang C. Müller, Fritz Plasser
(Eds.)
Political Parties and Electoral Change.
London:
Sage.
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Müller, Wolfgang C.
(2004):
Party Responses to the Erosion of Voter Loyalties in Austria: Weakness as an Advantage and Strength as a Handicap.
Pp. 145-178 in:
Peter Mair, Wolfgang C. Müller, Fritz Plasser
(Eds.)
Political Parties and Electoral Change.
London:
Sage.
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Other Publications
Miller, Bernhard, and Wolfgang C. Müller
(2009):
Koalitionsmechanismen in einer Großen Koalition: Das Beispiel der Regierung Merkel.
Bremen
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Müller, Wolfgang C.
(2006):
Intra-party Conditions for Power-sharing: Comparing Power-sharing Post-War and Conflict Inter-War Austria.
Oslo
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Conference Presentations
Miller, Bernhard, and Wolfgang C. Müller
(2009):
Koalitionsmechanismen in einer Großen Koalition: Das Beispiel der Regierung Merkel.
[Conference: Bilanz der Großen Koalition, University of Bremen, March 16th to March 27th, 2009]
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Miller, Bernhard
(2007):
Parlamentarier in Koalitionsausschüssen: Die Einflussmöglichkeiten des Parlaments auf informelle Koordinationsgremien.
[Parlamentarismus im politischen System der Bundesrepublik Deutschland - Rückblick und Ausblick nach 40 Jahren, Bad Urach, June 01st to June 03rd, 2007]
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Müller, Wolfgang C., and Bernhard Miller
(2005):
Coalition government and intra-party politics.
[ECPR Joint Session of Workshops, Granada, April 14th to April 19th, 2005]
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Müller, Wolfgang C.
(2005):
Condemned to success: The 1945 transitional government in Austria.
[Workshop on Transitional Institutions (Center for the Study of Civil War, Peace Research Institute Oslo), Oslo, May 11th to May 13th, 2005]
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Strøm, Kaare, and Wolfgang C. Müller
(2005):
Parliamentary Democracy, Agency Problems and Party Politics.
[ECPR Joint Sessions of Workshops, Workshop 25 'Intraparty Politics and Its Effects on Government Formation and Duration in Parliamentary Systems', Granada, April 14th to April 19th, 2005]
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