Handbook of Democratic Government

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-vi

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2. Introduction

   • Jaap Woldendorp, Hans Keman, Ian Budge

   Pages 1-1

3. Government in Parliamentary Democracies

   • Jaap Woldendorp, Hans Keman, Ian Budge

   Pages 1-6

4. Operationalisation: Conceptual Validity and Data Reliability

   • Jaap Woldendorp, Hans Keman, Ian Budge

   Pages 6-9

5. Glossary of Format of Data Set and Structure of Presentation

   • Jaap Woldendorp, Hans Keman, Ian Budge

   Pages 10-11

6. Back Matter

   Pages 12-119

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The Handbook of Democratic Government is the first compact and comprehensive data collection for 20 countries which simultaneously provides comparative and complete information on the composition of governments. Parties, ministries, portfolios, ministers and parliamentary support are listed, as well as duration, type of government and reasons for termination. The data are organised in such a manner that every researcher can use them as a basic data set, ready to be transformed according to the particular needs dictated by the research undertaken. Various levels of analysis are possible, both cross-nationally and across time, ranging from individual ministers and separate ministries to specific parties, governments or countries. Given its format, the data set is also a very useful background to the special annual issue of the European Journal of Political Research: Political Data Yearbook. It will save researchers in the field of comparative politics valuable time as it can be utilised in connection with, or in addition to other data sources.

• Nation
• Parliament
• Party
• Party government
• Politics
• Sozialdemokratische Partei Europas
• comparative politics

• Department of Political Science & Public Administration, Free University, Amsterdam, Netherlands

  Jaap Woldendorp, Hans Keman

• Department of Government, Essex University, Colchester, UK

  Ian Budge

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