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Coalition governance in western Europe : an introduction / Wolfgang C. M(c)ơller and Kaare Str(c)ım. -- Germany : stable parties, chancellor democracy, and the art of informal settlement / Thomas Saalfeld. -- Austria : tight coalitions and stable government / Wolfgang C. M(c)ơller. -- Ireland : from single-party to coalition rule / Paul Mitchell. -- Norway : a fragile coalitional order / Hanne Marthe Narud and Kaare Str(c)ım. -- Sweden : when minority cabinets are the rule and majority coalitions the exception / Torbj(c)œrn Bergman. -- Denmark : the life and death of government coalition / Erik Damgaard. -- Finland : the consolidation of parliamentary governance / Jaakko Nousiainen. -- Belgium : on government agreements, evangelists, followers and heretics / Lieven De Winter, Arco Timmermans, and Patrick Dumont. -- The Netherlands : still the politics of accommodation? / Arco Timmermans and Rudy B Andeweg. -- Luxembourg : stable coalition in a pivotal party system / Patrick Dumont and Lieven De Winter. -- Italy : from 'constrained' coalitions to alternating governments? / Luca Verzichelli and Maurizio Cotta. -- France : forming and maintaining government coalitions in the fifth republic / Jean-Louis Thi(c)♭bault. -- Portugal : the rationale of democratic regime building / Jos(c)♭ M. Magone. -- Conclusion : coalition governance in western Europe / Wolfgang C. M(c)ơller and Kaare Str(c)ım