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OUPCORRECTEDPROOF–FINAL,7/10/2015,SPi PARLIAMENTS AND GOVERNMENT FORMATION OUPCORRECTEDPROOF–FINAL,7/10/2015,SPi OUPCORRECTEDPROOF–FINAL,7/10/2015,SPi Parliaments and Government Formation Unpacking Investiture Rules Edited by BJØRN ERIK RASCH, SHANE MARTIN, AND JOSÉ ANTONIO CHEIBUB 1 OUPCORRECTEDPROOF–FINAL,7/10/2015,SPi 3 GreatClarendonStreet,Oxford,OX26DP, UnitedKingdom OxfordUniversityPressisadepartmentoftheUniversityofOxford. ItfurtherstheUniversity’sobjectiveofexcellenceinresearch,scholarship, andeducationbypublishingworldwide.Oxfordisaregisteredtrademarkof OxfordUniversityPressintheUKandincertainothercountries #OxfordUniversityPress2015 Themoralrightsoftheauthorshavebeenasserted FirstEditionpublishedin2015 Impression:1 Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproduced,storedin aretrievalsystem,ortransmitted,inanyformorbyanymeans,withoutthe priorpermissioninwritingofOxfordUniversityPress,orasexpresslypermitted bylaw,bylicenceorundertermsagreedwiththeappropriatereprographics rightsorganization.Enquiriesconcerningreproductionoutsidethescopeofthe aboveshouldbesenttotheRightsDepartment,OxfordUniversityPress,atthe addressabove Youmustnotcirculatethisworkinanyotherform andyoumustimposethissameconditiononanyacquirer PublishedintheUnitedStatesofAmericabyOxfordUniversityPress 198MadisonAvenue,NewYork,NY10016,UnitedStatesofAmerica BritishLibraryCataloguinginPublicationData Dataavailable LibraryofCongressControlNumber:2015937785 ISBN 978–0–19–874701–7 Printedandboundby CPIGroup(UK)Ltd,Croydon,CR04YY LinkstothirdpartywebsitesareprovidedbyOxfordingoodfaithand forinformationonly.Oxforddisclaimsanyresponsibilityforthematerials containedinanythirdpartywebsitereferencedinthiswork. OUPCORRECTEDPROOF–FINAL,7/10/2015,SPi Acknowledgements Thisvolumegrewoutoftheeditors(andparticularlyRasch’s)fascinationwith theroleofparliamentsintheprocessofgovernmentformation.Itformspart ofalargerandongoingprojectinvolvingCheibub,Martin,andRaschonthe origins and evolution of parliamentarism. For this project, we gratefully acknowledge support from the NorwegianResearch Council (FriSam Project No.222442). Our sincere thanks to the authors for agreeing to contribute and for their cooperation throughout, not least with our requests for revisions, further information, and clarification. We are extremely grateful to Dominic Byatt, Commissioning Editor at Oxford University Press, for his support and help. OurthanksandgratitudetoNataliaAjenjowhohelpedorganizeseveralevents wheredraftchapterswerepresentedanddiscussed,andfromwheretheideaof an edited volume emerged. Indeed, a number of meetings provided space to discuss the volume (and larger project) including the ECPR General Conference in Reykjavik (2011), an ECPR Research Session in Florence (2012), the ECPR Joint Sessions in Salamanca (2014), and workshops of the University of Oslo’s Research Programme on Democracy. Under the latter’s auspiceswealsothanktheNorwegianInstituteinRome,theSwedishResearch Institute in Istanbul, and Uppsala University for hosting seminars. We are grateful to the discussants and participants at these events for their input intothevolume.Finally,wethankAndrewJonesandMadsMotrøenforhelp preparingthemanuscript. OUPCORRECTEDPROOF–FINAL,7/10/2015,SPi OUPCORRECTEDPROOF–FINAL,7/10/2015,SPi Table of Contents ListofFigures ix ListofTables xi ListofContributors xiii PART I. INTRODUCTION 1. InvestitureRulesandGovernmentFormation 3 BjørnErikRasch,ShaneMartin,andJoséAntonioCheibub PART II. VARIETIES OF INVESTITURE RULES 2. ParliamentandGovernmentFormationintheUnited Kingdom:AHiddenVoteofInvestiture? 29 AlexandraKelso 3. ChangingInvestitureRulesinBelgium 49 AudreyAndré,SamDepauw,andKrisDeschouwer 4. InvestitureRulesinGermany:StackingtheDeckagainst MinorityGovernments 67 SteffenGanghofandChristianStecker 5. ARuleforAllSeasons?InvestitureandGovernment FormationinHungary 86 PéterHorváth 6. ProgressiveAmbition:TheRoleoftheEuropean ParliamentinAppointingtheEuropeanCommission 101 FabioSozzi PART III. INVESTITURE RULES AND MINORITY GOVERNMENT 7. GovernmentFormationinIreland:LearningtoLive WithoutaMajorityParty 121 ShaneMartin 8. GovernmentFormationinItaly:TheChallengeof BicameralInvestiture 136 FedericoRusso OUPCORRECTEDPROOF–FINAL,7/10/2015,SPi viii TableofContents 9. WhyMinorityGovernmentsinSpain?HowtheParty SystemUnderminesInvestitureRules 153 NataliaAjenjo 10. InvestitureRulesandMinorityGovernmentsinPoland 165 RadoslawZubek 11. ChangingInvestitureRulesintheCzechRepublic 182 RobertZbíral 12. StrongInvestitureRulesandMinorityGovernmentsinRomania 197 CristinaChiva 13. ParliamentaryInvestitureRulesinPortugal’s Semi-PresidentialDemocracy 217 CristinaLeston-BandeiraandJorgeM.Fernandes 14. WeakInvestitureRulesandtheEmergenceof MinorityGovernmentsinSweden 233 HelenaWockelberg PART IV. BEYOND INVESTITURE RULES: LEGISLATIVE NORMS AND GOVERNMENT FORMATION 15. ParliamentaryPartiesintheNetherlands:Informal InvestiturebehindClosedDoors 253 AndréKrouwelandJelleKoedam 16. GovernmentInvestitureinIndia:FormalRulesand InformalPractices 275 CsabaNikolenyi 17. France:ExcludingParliamentfromGovernmentFormation 292 IrisNguyên-Duy PART V. CONCLUSION 18. HireorFire?TheLinkbetweenCabinetInvestitureand RemovalinParliamentaryDemocracies 309 UlrichSieberer 19. InvestitureRulesUnpacked 331 BjørnErikRasch,ShaneMartin,andJosé AntonioCheibub IndexLocorum 357 IndexofNames 369 GeneralIndex 375 OUPCORRECTEDPROOF–FINAL,7/10/2015,SPi List of Figures 1.1 ElectionandGovernmentFormationProcessintheUnitedKingdom 8 1.2 TheInvestitureGame 9 3.1 PartisanCompositionofCabinetsinBelgium 57 3.2 TheSupportforCabinetsinBelgium’sLinguisticCommunities 62 4.1 TheInvestitureVoteProcedureinGermany 70 6.1 TheEUPoliticalSystemaftertheLisbonTreaty 102 6.2 FourPeriodsofCommissionAppointment 108 6.3a Commission,EuropeanCouncil,andEuropeanParliament IdealPointsontheLeft–RightDimension(1979–2009) 115 6.3bCommission,EuropeanCouncil,andEuropeanParliament IdealPointsontheAnti-/Pro-EuropeDimension(1979–2009) 115 10.1 CabinetFormationinPolandunderthe1997Constitution 169 13.1 DurationoftheDebatesontheProgrammeforGovernment (1976–2011) 223 13.2 LevelofSupportintheProgrammeforGovernmentDebates’ Votes(1976–2011) 229 15.1 ProportionoftheElectorateRepresentedbyDutch Governments 266 15.2 DurationofGovernmentFormationintheNetherlands 267 18.1 TheEmpiricalRelationshipbetweenElectoralPowersand theConstructiveVoteofNoConfidenceinTwenty-Five EuropeanDemocracies 323 18.2 TheEmpiricalRelationshipbetweenElectoralPowersand RemovalPowersinTwenty-FiveEuropeanDemocracies 325 19.1 TheSubjectofInvestitureVotes,SelectedCountries(2014) 337
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