Types of cabinets and cabinet stability in Central and Eastern European parliamentary democracies (1990–2013).

AUTHOR:
Vitaliy Lytvyn

ABSTRACT:
The article is dedicated to analysing types of cabinets and cabinet stability in Central and Eastern European parliamentary democracies. The author proposed several classifications of cabinets and analysed which types of cabinets in each classification are more stable. The scientist analysed the experiences of 147 cabinets in ten Central and Eastern European countries and argued that majority cabinets are more stable than minority cabinets, single-party cabinets are more stable then coalition cabinets. The researcher also suggested the logic of differ- ent types of cabinets’ stability. Special attention was focused on stability of different types of coalition cabinets.

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