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1. Puzzles of Government Formation

   Coalition Theory and Deviant Cases

   Edited by Rudy W. Andeweg, Lieven De Winter, Patrick Dumont

   Series: Routledge/ECPR Studies in European Political Science

   Understanding the formation of governments has always been central to political science. Traditionally this topic has been considered from a rational choice theory perspective and the empirical testing of these theories; however neither approach alone is able to explain a large proportion of actual...

   Published March 31st 2011 by Routledge
2. The Politics of Belgium

   Institutions and Policy under Bipolar and Centrifugal Federalism

   Edited by Marleen Brans, Lieven De Winter, Wilfried Swenden

   Series: WEST EUROPEAN POLITICS

   For too long Belgium remained an unexplored terrain by comparative political scientists. Belgium's politics were best known through the writings of Arend Lijphart, who considered it a model case of consociationalism. Over the past ten to fifteen years, the analysis of consociationalism has been...

   Published February 11th 2009 by Routledge
3. Regionalist Parties in Western Europe

   Edited by Lieven De Winter, Huri Tursan

   Series: Routledge/ECPR Studies in European Political Science

   Ethnoregionalist parties are an increasingly influential political phenomenon in many Western European countries. Despite this there has been little systematic study of these important political parties. This volume fills the gap with an exploration of the successes and failures experienced by...

   Published March 25th 1998 by Routledge