Bale, Tim, Boston, Jonathon and Church, Stephen (2005) ‘Natural because it had become just that.’ Path dependence in pre-electoral pacts and government formation: A New Zealand case study. Australian Journal of Political Science, 40 (4). pp. 481-498. ISSN 1036-1146

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Abstract

Formal models of government formation frequently find their predictions confounded in the real world and/or fail to explain empirical observations, leading to calls for new approaches. The formation of New Zealand's 1999 minority coalition government—one which ran counter to the predictions of all conventional coalition theories—illustrates the potential contribution of path dependence to those approaches, particularly when we are trying to explain why pre-electoral pacts are relatively good predictors of government composition.

Item Type:	Article
Schools and Departments:	School of Law, Politics and Sociology > Politics
Subjects:	J Political Science > JQ Political institutions and public administration (Asia, Africa, Australia, Pacific Area, etc.) > JQ3995 Australia. New Zealand. Pacific Ocean islands
Depositing User:	Tim Bale
Date Deposited:	06 Feb 2012 20:05
Last Modified:	11 May 2012 09:57
URI:	http://sro.sussex.ac.uk/id/eprint/23969

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