| ID | 145471 |
| Title Proper | Playing their cards right |
| Other Title Information | ethnic parties and government coalitions in postcommunist Europe |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Gherghina, Sergiu ; Jiglău, George |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | This article seeks to identify the determinants of ethnic parties’ access to coalition governments in Bulgaria, Romania, and Slovakia between 1990 and 2013. We conducted a cross-national and longitudinal analysis in which we took into account all the elections in which the ethnic parties gained parliamentary representation. With 21 cases over two decades—with the party at the election being the unit of analysis—and Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA) as the method of analysis, this study concludes that the pivotal position is important for access to government coalitions, while organizational change and government incumbency have a limited explanatory power. |
| `In' analytical Note | Nationalism and Ethnic Politics Vol. 22, No.2; Apr-Jun 2016: p.220-240 |
| Journal Source | Nationalism and Ethnic Politics Vol: 22 No 2 |
| Key Words | Postcommunist Europe ; Ethnic Parties ; Government Coalitions |