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The way we were: How histories of co‐governance alleviate partisan hostility

Horne, Will, Adams, James, Gidron, Noam·2023·Comparative Political Studies

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Comparative politics scholars argue that consensual democratic institutions encourage power-sharing that promotes “kinder, gentler” politics. We uncover one reason why this is the case: elite inter-party cooperation in consensual systems is associated with reduced inter-party hostility in the mass public. This is because governing parties’ supporters feel much more warmly toward their coalition partner(s) than we can explain based on policy agreement alone. Moreover, these warm affective evaluations linger long after the coalition itself has dissolved. We substantiate our arguments via analyses of CSES survey data from 19 Western democracies between 1996 and 2017, showing that current and past co-governance is associated with substantially warmer inter-party affective evaluations. This implies that electoral systems which encourage coalition governance may defuse partisan hostility.

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  • Many previously disliked parties are seen more positively when they enter a coalition government with more positively viewed parties.

    “Yet many previously disliked parties are seen more positively when they enter a coalition government with more positively viewed parties (Horne et al., 2023;Wagner & Praprotnik, 2024).”

    From Measuring affective polarization: Matching concepts to measures (2026) · cites this paper as Horne et al., 2023

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Authors
Horne, W., Adams, J., & Gidron, N.
Affiliations
  • Princeton University (US)
  • University of California, Davis (US)
  • Hebrew University of Jerusalem (IL)
Corresponding author
Horne, Will
Venue
Comparative Political Studies
Published
2022-05-21
Volume
56
Issue
3
Pages
299-325
ISSN
  • 0010-4140 (ISSN-L)
  • 1552-3829
OpenAlex
W4281249302
Cited by
67
References
51
Citations by year
2026: 27 · 2025: 13 · 2024: 12 · 2023: 10 · 2022: 5
FWCI
32.65
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
Comparative Political Studies (publishedVersion)
Funders
Israel Science Foundation (1806/19)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Political Science and International Relations › Electoral Systems and Political Participation
  • Social Sciences › Political Science and International Relations › Political Theory and Democracy
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Political Conflict and Governance
Keywords
co-governance, coalition government, power sharing, coalition dissolution, electoral systems, Western democracies

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