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Issue 3, 1986 Expand all abstracts

Mark Deweerdt
Article

Access_open Statistisch overzicht van het politieke jaar 1985

Authors Mieke Verminck

Mieke Verminck
Article

Access_open Belgian Politics in 1985

«No Turning Back»

Authors Jozef Smits

Jozef Smits
Article

Access_open Consensus en oppositie in het Belgisch parlement tijdens een verkiezingsjaar

Onderzoek op basis van het stemgedrag in de Kamer van Volksvertegenwoordigers in 1985

Authors Mieke Verminck
Abstract

    This article describes the consensus and opposition in the Belgian Parliament (the Chamber) during 1985, a year of general elections. These phenomena are examined through the nature of voting patterns and the cohesion degree in the Chamber itself, between the ruling parties and between the parties in the opposition, as well as in the political parties itselves. The government vs. opposition gap is the dominant voting pattern. Unanimity counts for only 6 %, especially then in the final voting. VU and RAD/UDRT often join the majority vote. The dominant voting pattern is affirmed by the total Chamber cohesion degree: majority vs. opposition. The cohesion between the parties in opposition reaches lower than the majority cohesion degree. Cohesion in the fractions quotes higher in the smaller fractions, as well as in the fractions of the ruling parties.


Mieke Verminck
Article

Access_open De regeringsvormingen eind 1985

Authors Mark Platel

Mark Platel

Ivo Vanpol

Editor Res Publica

Ivo Vanpol