Koalitionsbildning och Fragmentering. En studie av koalitionsbildning i kommuner med fragmenterade partisystem
FragmentationCoalition theoryParty systemsMunicipalityParty goalsSocial sciencesSamhällsvetenskaperSocial Sciences
During the last decades the Swedish local party systems have gone through some considerable changes. The number of parties present in local party systems have increased and in some cases even doubled. This makes coalition building between parties complex and parties will be forced to rethink their coalition strategies and adjust to the new circumstances. Theoretically, coalition building has often been considered and applied to national data and there have been just a few attempts to develop and theoretically explain coalitions on a local level. Thus the aim of this paper is to use different theoretical approaches to local data to test the significance of traditional coalition theories. In addition to this analys a second aim will be included which is that of the consequences of fragmentation in local party systems. The second part will offer an insight to how the fragmentation affects the system and the parties with in. The study will be based on interviews and information from two different Swedish municipalities, Kävlinge and Kristianstad.