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2015 | 6 (28) | 173-187

Article title

Hung Parliament and Minority Government Formation in Westminster Parliamentary System (selected aspects)

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Title variants

PL
Parlament zawieszony a tworzenie się rządu mniejszościowego w systemie westminsterskim (wybrane aspekty)

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Abstracts

PL
Artykuł poświęcony jest charakterystyce “zawieszonego parlamentu” w systemie westminsterskim i jego wpływu na tworzenie rządu. Kilka ciekawych aspektów zostało wybranych celem zilustrowania problemu istnienia rządu mniejszościowego w Wielkiej Brytanii. Autor wyjaśnia, normatywne i nienormatywne czynniki systemowe, które wpłynęły na tworzenie gabinetów rządowych bez wystarczającej większości w parlamencie. Główną tezą jest, że tworzenie rządów mniejszościowych jest ściśle związane z rozwojem systemu partyjnego i może być rodzajem barometru politycznego, dzięki któremu przewiduje się lub potwierdza odpowiednie zmiany na scenie partyjnej.
EN
The article is devoted to the characteristics of the ‘hung parliament’ in the Westminster System and its influence on government formation. Some interesting aspects has been chosen to illustrate the problem of minority government existence in Great Britain. Author explains normative and non-normative systemic factors that influenced the formation of the government cabinets without a sufficient majority in the parliament. The main thesis is that creation of minority governments is closely associated with the evolution of the party system and can be a kind of political barometer that predict or confirm appropriate changes at the party scene.

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173-187

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Dates

published
2015-12-31

Contributors

author
  • University of Silesia in Katowice

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Document Type

Publication order reference

Identifiers

ISSN
2082-1212

YADDA identifier

bwmeta1.element.desklight-ee2f77ce-56ea-43d7-a1e0-427d6ab36fac
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