This comparative volume explores how intra-party politics affects government formation and termination in parliamentary systems, where the norm is the formation of coalition governments.

1. Intra-Party Politics and Coalition Governments in Parliamentary Democracy 2. Government Coalitions and Intra-Party Politics Part 1: Intra-Party Politics and Coalition Behaviour at the Subnational Level 3. Intraparty Politics and Coalition Formation 4. Party Politics and Local Government Coalition Formation 5. Party Cohesion and Party Discipline in Multilevel Systems Part 2: Intra-Party Politics and Coalition Behaviour at the National Level 6. Party Discipline and Cohesion in Comparative Perspective 7. Party Organizations, Intra-Party Policy Conflict and Coalition Bargaining in Germany 8. Party Cohesion, Party Factions and Legislative Discipline in Italy 9. Intra-Party Conflict and Cabinet Survival in 17 West European Democracies, 1945-1999 Part 3: Intra-Party Politics at the EU Level 10. The Europeanization of European Party Competition 11. Cross Pressures and Cohesion in the Transnational Party Groups of the European Parliament 12. Intraparty Politics and Coalition Governance

Daniela Giannetti is Professor of Political Science at the University of Bologna, Italy.

Kenneth Benoit is Professor of Quantitative Social Sciences in the Political Science Department at Trinity College, Dublin