Minority government and legislative politics in a multilevel state:: Spain under Zapatero

• Autores: Bonnie N. Field
• Localización: Spain's "Second Transition"?: The socialist government of José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero / coord. por Bonnie N. Field, 2011, ISBN 978-0-415-55052-9, págs. 39-56
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • What explains minority government performance? An analisys of Spanish governments (1979-2008) finds mixed support for the importance of parliamentary procedural machanisms. Yet an analisys of the Zapatero government (2004-8)reveals that a governing party with the hypothesis that shifting facilitates effective governance. Additionally, the evidence indicates that minority governments may also or instead rely on alliances across governmental levels in a multilevel system. Regional parties with representation in the national parliament and sub-national governing responsibilities provide the critical link between governmental levels.