AUTHOR:
Nadia Panchak-Białobłocka
ABSTRACT:
The article deals with the peculiarities of party and ideological determination and positioning of minority governments in European parliamentary democracies. It is stated that minority governments in this context considerably differ from majority governments, and therefore they are formed, functioning and responsible within the specific logics. The researcher found that party and ideological determinants and particularities of minority governments’ positioning are peculiar “motivators” or “safeguards” of minority governments, since they define and identify different strategies for the formation or non-formation of minority governments, according to which minority governments operate. In this context, it was explained how minority governments are involved with the support of oppositional (non-governmental) parties, but instead guarantee them some political benefits, which makes it possible for minority governments to legislate.
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