Causes and Effects of Parliamentary Government-Opposition Relations

Abstract

The behaviour of opposition parties in parliament and their relations with the governing parties have been the object of increasing scholarly interest in recent years. In this panel, we bring together papers that investigate the government-opposition dynamics from various perspectives. These include analyses of parliamentary behaviour manifested in questions, speeches, and votes, as well as investigations into the extra-legislative consequences of opposition behaviour, such as satisfaction with democracy and democratic decline.

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Government-opposition dynamics in parliamentary interruptions: the case of the Netherlands	View Paper Details
Distinctiveness in the Parliamentary Arena through Sentiment in Parliamentary Speeches: Consequences for Satisfaction with Democracy	View Paper Details
Government-opposition relations in the German state legislatures and citizens’ attitudes	View Paper Details
Institutionalizing Mutual Tolerance? Legislative Opposition Power and the Decline of Democracy	View Paper Details