Coalition government, subnational style: multiparty politics in Europe's regional parliaments

(print) xx, 316 p. : ill. ; 24 cmIllustrations -- Tables -- Foreword -- Preface -- Who will govern? Dilemmas of coalition government and parliamentary democracy. p.3 -- Negotiating power in Europe's subnational parliaments: issues for analysis. p.16 -- Theory: constraints on rationality in government formation. p.43 -- Methods of investigation. p.67 -- The province, the region, and the state: rules of the game in three European systems. p.89 -- Do electoral verdicts matter? The effects of competition on strategic choice. p.147 -- Loyalists and radicals: coalitions and intraparty politics. p.187 -- Coalition "proving grounds": a functional role for subnational parliaments in multiparty systems. p.221 -- Dividing power in the periphery: some comparative conclusions. p.267 -- Appendix I. p.277 -- Appendix II. p.285 -- Notes. p.287 -- Bibliography. p.299 -- Index. p.31