Government vs opposition voting in the Finnish parliament Eduskunta since World War II
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...
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| 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. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-0d4731719b324f219e9ba51317117e4d2022-12-21T20:55:18ZengUniversity of A CorunaEuropean Journal of Government and Economics2254-70882013-06-012110.17979/ejge.2013.2.1.4286Government vs opposition voting in the Finnish parliament Eduskunta since World War IIAntti Pajala0University of TurkuIn 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.http://revistas.udc.es/index.php/ejge/article/view/4286VotingparliamentoppositionFinland |
| spellingShingle | Antti Pajala Government vs opposition voting in the Finnish parliament Eduskunta since World War II European Journal of Government and Economics Voting parliament opposition Finland |
| title | Government vs opposition voting in the Finnish parliament Eduskunta since World War II |
| title_full | Government vs opposition voting in the Finnish parliament Eduskunta since World War II |
| title_fullStr | Government vs opposition voting in the Finnish parliament Eduskunta since World War II |
| title_full_unstemmed | Government vs opposition voting in the Finnish parliament Eduskunta since World War II |
| title_short | Government vs opposition voting in the Finnish parliament Eduskunta since World War II |
| title_sort | government vs opposition voting in the finnish parliament eduskunta since world war ii |
| topic | Voting parliament opposition Finland |
| url | http://revistas.udc.es/index.php/ejge/article/view/4286 |
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