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Government vs opposition voting in the Finnish parliament Eduskunta since World War II

European Journal of Government and Economics

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Title Government vs opposition voting in the Finnish parliament Eduskunta since World War II
 
Creator Pajala, Antti
 
Subject Voting; parliament; opposition; Finland
D70; D72
 
Description In a parliamentary system it is by definition justified to assume the government parties voting almost always in a unitary manner in plenary votes. In a multiparty system it is, however, hard to predict how the opposition groups vote. Few studies analysing government-opposition voting in the Finnish parliament Eduskunta were published during the 1960s and 1970s. This study provides similar analyses regarding the parliamentary years of 1991-2012. Combined the studies provide an insight into the government-opposition relations since World War II. The results show that before the 1990s the government-opposition division in plenary votes appeared rather clear and the political party groups’ positions followed the traditional left-right dimension. Since the 1990s, the government-opposition division has become greater. The governing coalition acts almost as a bloc while the opposition groups are divided into moderate and hard opposition. The opposition groups, however, appear in a more or less random order. Consequently, since the 1990s the left-right dimension has disappeared with respect to plenary voting.
 
Publisher Europa Grande
 
Contributor Academy of Finland
 
Date 2013-06-29
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Peer-reviewed Article
 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier http://www.ejge.org/index.php/ejge/article/view/32
 
Source European Journal of Government and Economics; Vol 2, No 1 (2013); 41-58
2254-7088
 
Language eng
 
Relation http://www.ejge.org/index.php/ejge/article/view/32/30
 
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