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Partisan Policy-Making in Western Europe

How Ideology Influences the Content of Government Policies

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  • © 2015

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Authors:
  1. Sebastian Hartmann

    1. Universität Mannheim, Mannheim, Germany

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  • Study in the field of social sciences

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages 1-14
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  2. Introduction

    • Sebastian Hartmann
    Pages 15-28

  3. Party Ideology

    • Sebastian Hartmann
    Pages 29-44

  4. Theories for Studying Policy Outputs

    • Sebastian Hartmann
    Pages 45-87

  5. Partisan Policy-Making in Coalitions & Minority Governments

    • Sebastian Hartmann
    Pages 89-114

  6. Data & Methods

    • Sebastian Hartmann
    Pages 115-166

  7. Descriptive Analysis

    • Sebastian Hartmann
    Pages 167-227

  8. Multivariate Analysis

    • Sebastian Hartmann
    Pages 229-291

  9. Concluding Remarks

    • Sebastian Hartmann
    Pages 293-314

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 315-367
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About this book

Sebastian Hartmann aims at answering the question whether socioeconomic policies implemented by governments are generally rather similar or whether their content actually varies with the ideological background of governments. In addition, he wants to find out whether government characteristics such as coalition or minority situations impact the degree of partisan policy-making. The author employs a new dataset of social and economic policies collected for several Western European countries. By conducting a wide range of empirical analyses and by using an innovative approach for analysing the policy output, he shows that ideology indeed matters. However, the degree of its influence is contingent upon structural characteristics of governments.

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  • Universität Mannheim, Mannheim, Germany

    Sebastian Hartmann

About the author

Sebastian Hartmann studied social sciences in Mannheim and Tartu (Estonia) and holds a doctorate in political science.

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