Coalition Conflict and Party Politics

Project Directors Prof. Dr. Wolfgang C. Müller Project Staff Bernhard Miller MZES-funded 2004 – 2011

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.

Publications

Books

  • Miller, Bernhard (2011): Der Koalitionsausschuss: Existenz, Einsatz und Effekte einer informellen Arena des Koalitionsmanagements. 18, 286. Baden-Baden, Nomos. More

Edited Books

  • Strøm, Kaare, Wolfgang C. Müller, Torbjörn Bergman (Eds.) (2008): Cabinets and Coalition Bargaining. Oxford, Oxford University Press. More
  • Dachs, Herbert, Peter Gerlich, Herbert Gottweis, Helmut Kramer, Volkmar Lauber, Wolfgang C. Müller, Emmerich Tálos (Eds.) (2006): Politik in Österreich: Das Handbuch. 1071. Wien, Manz. More

Book Chapters

  • König, Thomas, George Tsebelis, Marc Debus (Eds.) Müller, Wolfgang C., Thomas M. Meyer (2010): Mutual Veto? How Coalitions Work. 99–124. New York, Springer. More
  • Egle, Christoph, Reinhold Zolnhöfer (Eds.) Miller, Bernhard, Wolfgang C. Müller (2010): Koalitionsmechanismen in einer Großen Koalition: Das Beispiel der Regierung Merkel. 154–177. Wiesbaden, VS Verlag. More
  • Schöne, Helmar, Julia von Blumenthal (Eds.) Miller, Bernhard (2009): Informelle Einflussnahme? Parlamentarier im Koalitionsausschuss. 129-154. Baden-Baden, Nomos. More
  • Landman, Todd, Neil Robinson (Eds.) Müller, Wolfgang C. (2009): Government Formation. 227–245. London, Sage. More
  • Müller, Wolfgang C., Torbjörn Bergman, Kaare Strøm (2008): Coalition Theory and Cabinet Governance: An Introduction. 1-50. Oxford, Oxford University Press. More
  • Strøm, Kaare, Torbjörn Bergman, Wolfgang C. Müller, Benjamin Nyblade (2008): Conclusion: Cabinet Governance in Parliamentary Democracies. 403-430. Oxford, Oxford University Press. More
  • Gschwend, Thomas, Frank Schimmelfennig (Eds.) Miller, Bernhard (2007): Making Measures Capture Concepts: Tools for Securing Correspondence between Theoretical Ideas and Observations. 83-102. Houndmills, Palgrave Macmillan. More
  • Katz, Richard S., William Crotty (Eds.) Müller, Wolfgang C. (2006): Party Patronage and Party Colonization of the State. 189-195. London, Sage Publications. More
  • Katz, Richard S., William Crotty (Eds.) Müller, Wolfgang C., Ulrich Sieberer (2006): Party Law. 435-445. London, Sage Publications. More
  • Braun, Dietmar, Fabrizio Gilardi (Eds.) Strøm, Kaare, Wolfgang C. Müller, Torbjörn Bergman (2006): The (Moral) Hazards of Parliamentary Democracy. 27-51. London, Routledge. More
  • Dachs, Herbert, Peter Gerlich, Herbert Gottweis, Helmut Kramer, Volkmar Lauber, Emmerich Tálos (Eds.) Müller, Wolfgang C. (2006): Das Regierungssystem. 105-118. Wien, Manz. More
  • Dachs, Herbert, Peter Gerlich, Herbert Gottweis, Helmut Kramer, Volkmar Lauber, Emmerich Tálos (Eds.) Müller, Wolfgang C. (2006): Regierung und Kabinettsystem. 168-187. Wien, Manz. More
  • Dachs, Herbert, Peter Gerlich, Herbert Gottweis, Helmut Kramer, Volkmar Lauber, Emmerich Tálos (Eds.) Müller, Wolfgang C. (2006): Der Bundespräsident. 188-200. Wien, Manz. More
  • Dachs, Herbert, Peter Gerlich, Herbert Gottweis, Helmut Kramer, Volkmar Lauber, Emmerich Tálos (Eds.) Müller, Wolfgang C. (2006): Parteiensystem: Rahmenbedingungen, Format und Mechanik des Parteienwettbewerbs. 279-304. Wien, Manz. More
  • Dachs, Herbert, Peter Gerlich, Herbert Gottweis, Helmut Kramer, Volkmar Lauber, Emmerich Tálos (Eds.) Müller, Wolfgang C. (2006): Die Österreichische Volkspartei. 341-363. Wien, Manz. More
  • Hitzel-Cassagnes, Tanja, Thomas Schmidt (Eds.) Müller, Wolfgang C. (2005): Parteiensysteme und Muster des Parteienwettbewerbs. 90-104. Wiesbaden, Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften. More
  • Ganghof, Steffen, Philip Manow (Eds.) Müller, Wolfgang C. (2005): Die Relevanz von Institutionen für Koalitionstreue: Theoretische Überlegungen und Beobachtungen zur Bundesrepublik Deutschland. 73-107. Frankfurt am Main, Campus. More
  • Gallagher, Michael, Paul Mitchell (Eds.) Müller, Wolfgang C. (2005): Austria: A Complex Electoral System with Subtle Effects. 397-416. Oxford, Oxford University Press. More
  • Narud, Hanne Marthe, Anne Krogstad (Eds.) Müller, Wolfgang C., Kaare Strom (2004): Servants or Oligarchs? Politicians and Parties in Parliamentary Democracies. 421-458. Oslo, Universitetsforlaget. More
  • Helms, Ludger, Uwe Jun (Eds.) Müller, Wolfgang C. (2004): Koalitionstheorien. 267-301. Frankfurt a.M., Campus. More
  • Mair, Peter, Fritz Plasser (Eds.) Müller, Wolfgang C. (2004): Introduction: Electoral Challenges and Party Responses. 1-19. London, Sage. More
  • Mair, Peter, Fritz Plasser (Eds.) Müller, Wolfgang C. (2004): Party Responses to the Erosion of Voter Loyalties in Austria: Weakness as an Advantage and Strength as a Handicap. 145-178. London, Sage. More
  • Mair, Peter, Fritz Plasser (Eds.) Müller, Wolfgang C. (2004): Conclusion: Political Parties in Changing Electoral Markets. 264-274. London, Sage. More

Journal Articles

  • Strøm, Kaare, Wolfgang C. Müller, Daniel Markham Smith (2010): Parliamentary Control of Coalition Governments. Annual Review of Political Science, 13, 517–535. More
  • Müller, Wolfgang C. (2004): The parliamentary election in Austria, November 2002. Electoral Studies, 23, 2, 346-353. More
  • Müller, Wolfgang C., Franz Fallend (2004): Changing Patterns of Party Competition in Austria: From multipolar to bipolar System. West European Politics, 27, 5, 801-835. More
  • Müller, Wolfgang C., 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, 3, 309-326. More

Presentations

  • Miller, Bernhard, Wolfgang C. Müller (2009): Koalitionsmechanismen in einer Großen Koalition: Das Beispiel der Regierung Merkel. [Conference: Bilanz der Großen Koalition, University of Bremen, 15/03/2009 - 26/03/2009]. More
  • 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, 31/05/2007 - 02/06/2007]. More
  • 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, 10/05/2005 - 12/05/2005]. More
  • Strøm, Kaare, 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, 13/04/2005 - 18/04/2005]. More

Reports

  • Miller, Bernhard, Wolfgang C. Müller (2009): Koalitionsmechanismen in einer Großen Koalition: Das Beispiel der Regierung Merkel. Bremen . More
  • Müller, Wolfgang C. (2006): Intra-party Conditions for Power-sharing: Comparing Power-sharing Post-War and Conflict Inter-War Austria. Oslo . More