Artikkelen presenterer en analyse av det norske ISA forsøket Ungtrafikk. Forsøket pågikk i Karmøy... more Artikkelen presenterer en analyse av det norske ISA forsøket Ungtrafikk. Forsøket pågikk i Karmøy fra august 2006 til januar 2008, med 50 deltakere mellom 18 og 25 år. Det utvikles en typologi ut fra deltakernes motiv for å delta i forsøket. Denne typologien benyttes til å studere variasjoner i deltakernes holdninger til sikker ferdsel, forventinger til forsøket og deres faktiske
//Accepted for publication in Political Studies// Support parties play a crucial, but underexpose... more //Accepted for publication in Political Studies// Support parties play a crucial, but underexposed, role under minority rule. They secure the government’s place in office and exercise policy influence through legislative coalitions. This paper examines whether support parties are unfettered by the liabilities of policy responsibility. Incumbents struggle with the cost of ruling in elections and in day-to-day party and issue competition. Support parties, lacking the formal responsibility of office, could arguably escape the negative consequences of policy influence. Two studies illustrate this mechanism. First, we find that Scandinavian support parties that exercise policy influence through participation in budget coalitions avoid electoral losses. However, unlike opposition parties from the government bloc that do not participate in budget coalitions, support parties are unable to increase their vote share. Second, we look closer at one support party, analysing its agenda-setting be...
Artikkelen presenterer en analyse av det norske ISA forsøket Ungtrafikk. Forsøket pågikk i Karmøy... more Artikkelen presenterer en analyse av det norske ISA forsøket Ungtrafikk. Forsøket pågikk i Karmøy fra august 2006 til januar 2008, med 50 deltakere mellom 18 og 25 år. Det utvikles en typologi ut fra deltakernes motiv for å delta i forsøket. Denne typologien benyttes til å studere variasjoner i deltakernes holdninger til sikker ferdsel, forventinger til forsøket og deres faktiske
//Accepted for publication in Political Studies// Support parties play a crucial, but underexpose... more //Accepted for publication in Political Studies// Support parties play a crucial, but underexposed, role under minority rule. They secure the government’s place in office and exercise policy influence through legislative coalitions. This paper examines whether support parties are unfettered by the liabilities of policy responsibility. Incumbents struggle with the cost of ruling in elections and in day-to-day party and issue competition. Support parties, lacking the formal responsibility of office, could arguably escape the negative consequences of policy influence. Two studies illustrate this mechanism. First, we find that Scandinavian support parties that exercise policy influence through participation in budget coalitions avoid electoral losses. However, unlike opposition parties from the government bloc that do not participate in budget coalitions, support parties are unable to increase their vote share. Second, we look closer at one support party, analysing its agenda-setting be...
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