Government Formation

Question 1

Parliamentary government - investiture vote

Answer 1

Required for formal installation of government; Legislative vote based on presentation of general
programme and cabinet nominations; Easier to set up minority government

Question 2

Situations where no single party majority

Answer 2

Head of state chooses a politician to initiative formation

Question 3

Initiative formation: Largest party first

Answer 3

Greece and Bulgaria

Question 4

Initiative formation: Outgoing governmen

Answer 4

UK and ROI

Question 5

Initiative formation: Discretion with formateur

Answer 5

Finland and Poland

Question 6

Cabinet not always legislators –> examples

Answer 6

France,
Norway, Netherlands, Slovakia, UK, ROI*

Question 7

Government formation depends on elite political
agreements

Answer 7

Elite motivation

Question 8

Executive office as pinnacle of career

Answer 8

Office-seeking

Question 9

Executive office maximises policy influence

Answer 9

Policy-oriented

Question 10

Minority formation

Answer 10

Governments form with a minority* of parliamentary seats

Question 11

Minimum Winning Formation

Answer 11

just enough seats - BARE MINIMUM

Question 12

Minimum winning Bargaining

Answer 12

Party power mainly derives from parliamentary size; Germany - free democrats

Question 13

Policy Driven Formation

Answer 13

governments form not singularly based on seat numbers; deology or issue priority

Question 14

Surplus Majority Formation

Answer 14

more than enough seats

Question 15

Policy driven bargaining

Answer 15

power derives by connection with other parties

Question 16

Surplus majority bargaining - national unity examples

Answer 16

France, UK

Question 17

Surplus majority bargaining - Divided societies with qualified majorities examples

Answer 17

Belgium

Question 18

Surplus majority bargaining - strategy examples

Answer 18

Finland, Italy latter 1990s)