Abstract
AbstractChapter 5 starts with an assessment of how the preference configuration in coalition governments influences the content of coalition agreements. It is argued that ideological conflict in coalition cabinets positively affects issue attention as coalition parties have stronger incentives to negotiate a detailed policy agenda that constrains their coalition partners when intra-cabinet conflict is high. However, it is posited that this effect is conditioned by preference tangentiality and the overall salience of policy issues among cabinet partners as the incentives to engage in lengthy negotiations about a policy compromise increase with the salience of an issue but decrease as tangentiality rises. The results presented in this chapter support this argument.
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