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Coalition Theory and Local Government: Coalition Payoffs in Britain

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 January 2009

Michael Laver ,
Colin Rallings  and
Michael Thrasher
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Formal coalition theory has tended to ignore the existence of local government coalitions. Local government studies have tended to ignore the existence of formal coalition theory. Yet local administrations frequently comprise coalitions of parties. There is clearly a need, therefore, to bring the two areas of study together.

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British Journal of Political Science , Volume 17 , Issue 4 , October 1987 , pp. 501 - 509
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1987

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