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Coping with coalitions? Scottish voters under a proportional system

Coping with coalitions? Scottish voters under a proportional system
Coping with coalitions? Scottish voters under a proportional system

It is clear that coalition governments are likely to become a fact of political life in Scotland. In this paper we use data from the 2007 Scottish Election Study to examine how well the Scottish public understands these governing arrangements and whether they are developing stable and consistent attitudes towards coalitions in general. The results suggest that, while currently there is considerable confusion, Scottish voters are slowly learning to cope with coalitions.

0034-4893
301-315
Johns, Robert
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Carman, Christopher
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Johns, Robert
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Carman, Christopher
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Johns, Robert and Carman, Christopher (2008) Coping with coalitions? Scottish voters under a proportional system. Representation, 44 (4), 301-315. (doi:10.1080/00344890802422856).

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It is clear that coalition governments are likely to become a fact of political life in Scotland. In this paper we use data from the 2007 Scottish Election Study to examine how well the Scottish public understands these governing arrangements and whether they are developing stable and consistent attitudes towards coalitions in general. The results suggest that, while currently there is considerable confusion, Scottish voters are slowly learning to cope with coalitions.

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e-pub ahead of print date: 4 November 2008
Published date: November 2008

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Local EPrints ID: 489800
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/489800
ISSN: 0034-4893
PURE UUID: 863d31c2-1588-4c2b-be96-e842f8b1294c
ORCID for Robert Johns: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-4543-7463

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Author: Robert Johns ORCID iD
Author: Christopher Carman

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