coalition agreements
Multi-party governing contracts
Coalition agreements are formal pacts between political parties that join forces to govern together, typically when no single party wins a majority.
These documents outline shared policy goals, ministerial appointments, and procedures for resolving disputes: The coalition agreement committed both parties to tax reform.
Common in parliamentary systems with proportional representation, such agreements can be lengthy and detailed or brief statements of principle.
- joint ventureCollaborative business arrangement
- strategic allianceFormal inter-organizational cooperation
- peace treatyFormal end to hostilities
- bilateral treatyTwo-party international agreement
- power-sharingJointly held governmental authority
coalition agreementssingle-party rule
Governance without competing factions
majority government · absolute majority · authoritarian rule · autocracy · dictatorship
coalition agreementspolitical opposition
Parties opposing current government
partisan gridlock · vote of no confidence · political polarization · parliamentary opposition · factionalism
coalition agreementspolitical crisis
Severe governmental instability
no-confidence vote · caretaker government · hung parliament · political vacuum
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