Coalition Governance in Western Europe

Torbjörn Bergman is Professor of Political Science at Umeå University, Sweden. He has previously held Research Chair positions at the Luleå University of Technology and Södertörn University Stockholm. He has also been a Visiting Researcher at the University of California (1999-2000) and University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (2006-2007). Hanna Bäck is Professor of Political Science at Lund University. Her research focuses on political behaviour, political parties and parliamentary government. She has previously held positions at the European University Institute and University of Mannheim. She has published extensively in international journals and has been awarded the Rudolf Wildenmann Prize for best paper presented at the ECPR Joint Sessions, and the Vincent Wright Memorial Prize for best article in West European Politics. Johan Hellström is an Associate Professor of Political Science at Umeå University. He has published widely on comparative European politics and coalition politics and his research focuses primarily on political parties and governments in European parliamentary democracies, parlicularly examining government formation, government stability, political institutions, and party behaviour. He has published in journals such as the European Journal of Political Research, West European Politics, Journal of European Public Policy, Political Science Research and Methods, and Government and Opposition.