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10. The Traffic Light Coalition: Coalition Options, Portfolio Allocation, and the Politics of Fluidity

verfasst von : Charles Lees

Erschienen in: The 2021 German Federal Election

Verlag: Springer International Publishing

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The chapter explores the underlying party system dynamics that shaped the coalition formation process in Germany following the Federal election of 26 September 2021 and led to the formation of Germany’s first federal-level Traffic Light coalition. It discusses how the Federal Republic’s Mixed-Member Proportional electoral system shapes the German party system and makes coalition government the norm and then deploys an analytical frame, based on six assumptions informed by the formal coalition literature, to explore the real-world coalition process that led to the formation of the Traffic Light coalition. The chapter concludes with the argument that Germany is moving from a politics of centrality to a politics of fluidity.

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Titel: The Traffic Light Coalition: Coalition Options, Portfolio Allocation, and the Politics of Fluidity
verfasst von: Charles Lees
Verlag: Springer International Publishing
Buch: The 2021 German Federal Election
Print ISBN: 978-3-031-38929-0

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-031-38930-6

Copyright-Jahr: 2023
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-38930-6_10