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Patterns of junior partner influence on the foreign policy of coalition governments
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posted on 2023-06-08, 15:57 authored by Kai Oppermann, Klaus BrummerThis article contributes to research on the foreign policy influence of junior partners in coalition governments. In particular, it takes up the call to pay greater attention to different patterns and pathways of such influence. To this purpose, this article distinguishes two types of coalition set-ups for foreign policy making. In the first type, junior partners hold one or more departments in the foreign policy executive, and their foreign policy influence rests on the powers that controlling ministries in the field brings. In the second type, junior partners do not hold any department in foreign affairs, and their influence comes from their ability to constrain the discretion of the senior partner in foreign policy. The article exemplifies its theoretical contentions in comparative case studies on the current coalition governments in Germany and the UK, which represent the first and second type respectively.
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British Journal of Politics and International RelationsISSN
1369-1481Publisher
Blackwell PublishingExternal DOI
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4Volume
16Page range
555-571Department affiliated with
- Politics Publications
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2013-10-03Usage metrics
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