Coalition Governance and Legislative Institutions

The purpose of the paper is theoretically to relate the literature on coalition governance and legislative institutions. Coalition governance are the institutional mechanisms used by parties forming a coalition or cabinet, maybe including support party agreements. Legislative institutions often concern legislative committees, and the procedural impact that these have on legislation and of control with the government. The argument of the paper is that the goals and activities of government and opposition parties differ systematically because of competition over votes, office, and policy. The paper discusses Martin and Vanberg when they consider legislative committees as a type of coalition governance. The paper seeks to provide an overview of existing literature both theoretically and empirically