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ืฉืืืช ืืืืืจืื.ืืช:
ื"ืจ ืืขื ืฉืืืจ, ืืืช ืืกืคืจ ืืืืข ืืืืื ื ืืืฉื ืืืืกืื ืืื "ื ืืืื ืืืจืกืืืช ืชื ืืืื, ืืฉืจืื.
ืคืจืืคืกืืจ ืืืืจื-ืืจืืง ืจืฉ, ืืืืืงื ืืืืข ืืืืื ื, ืืื ืืืจืกืืืช ืืืกืื, ื ืืจืืืื.
ืคืจืืคืกืืจ ืืกื ืช ืขืงืืจื, ืืืื ืืจื ืชืืืื, ืืืืืื ืืืงืืืืช ืืืื ืืขืจืื, ืขืื, ืืฉืจืื.
ืฉื ืืชื ืืขืช ืื ืคืืจืกื ืืืืืจ:
West European Politics
https://doi.org/10.1080/01402382.2021.1997498
ืชืงืฆืืจ ืืืืืจ:
ืืกืคืจืืช ืืืืงืจืืช ืฉืขืืกืงืช ืืืืฉืืืช ืงืืืืืฆืืื ืืืช ืืฉืชืืฉืช ืืืืืจื ืืงืืืืช ืืืื ืชืื ืืืื ืช ืืืฉืื ืืชืืืืช ืืืื ื ืฉื ืืืฉืื ืืืฉื. ืืืืืจื ืืืช ื ืขืฉื ืฉืืืืฉ ืจื ืืืืงืจืื ืืืคืืจืืื ืจืืื. ืืืืืจ ืืืชืืจ ืืช ืืืืืจื ืืฉืื ืฉืืื ืืืืืจื ืืช ืืกืคืจื ืฉื ืืืฉืืืช ืืืคืืืช ืืืืง ืืืืืื ืืช ืืขืืืช ืงืฉืืช ืืช ืืืืืช ืืืื ื ืฉื ืืืงืจืื.ืืช ืืืื ืืฉื ืืืื ืฉื ืืืฉืื ืืขืืืืืช ืฉื ืืืฉืื. ืืืืคื ืกืคืฆืืคื, ืืืืืจ ืืืงืจ ืืช ืชื ืื ืืืืืจื ืฉืื ืฉืื ืื ืืคืืืชื ืืืจืื ืฉื ืืืฉืื ืืืื ืืกืืืื. ืืืืืจ ืืืืื ืืื ืืฉืืืืฉ ืฉื ืชื ืืื ืืืืืงืื ืืืชืจ ืืืืืจื ืืฉืคืืข ืขื ืืฉื ืืืื ืช ืืืฉืื ืืืกืคืจ ืืืื ืืช. ืืืงืจืื ืืกืืืืืื, ืืืื ืืช ืืืืช ืืืฉืืืช ืงืฆืจืืช ืืืขื ืืืื ืฉืื ืืืื ืืคืืืชืืื ืงืืื ืฉืืชืจืืฉืื ืืืืฉืืืช ืจืืืืช (oversized governments). ืขื ืืกืืก ืชืฆืคืืืช ืืื, ืืืืืจ ืืืื ืืืืฉ ืืช ืืืขื ื ืฉืืืฉืืืช ืฉืืืจืืืืช ืืืื ืืืื ืืคืืืืช ืืืฉืืช ืจืื (minimum winning coalition) ืฉืฉืืจืืืช ืืืชืจ ืืืฉืจ ืืืฉืืืช ืจืืืืช (oversized governments). ืืขืช ืืืืช ืืฉืื ืื ืืืืืจืืช ืืืืืืื ืืืฉื ืืื ืืืื ืช ืืืฉืืืช ืฉื ืฉื ื ืกืืื ืืงืืืืืฆืืืช ืืืขื ื ืขืื.
The literature on government coalitions uses a common definition of when
governments terminate and others form. This terminology is convenient
and has served empirical coalition studies quite well. This article challenges
this terminology on the ground that it risks inflating the number of governments
and, at least in some countries, severely distorts scholarly understanding
of government duration and durability. Specifically, this article criticizes the
definitional condition that any partisan change in the composition of a government
signifies its termination. The paper demonstrates how using more
precise definitions significantly affects the measurements of government duration in many
countries. In some cases, countries experience short-lived governments because
minor partisan changes occur within a surplus coalition. Given these
observations, the article re-visits the finding that minimum winning governments
survive longer than oversized governments. When applying the modified
definitions, differences in duration between these two types of majority coalitions
almost disappear.
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