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Gamson's law: a standalone construct

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Comparative politics

the expectation that coalition partners receive cabinet portfolios in proportion to the resources, such as seats, they contribute.

In comparative politics, Gamson's law refers to the expectation that coalition partners receive cabinet portfolios in proportion to the resources, such as seats, they contribute. This meaning comes from Gamson (1961) in American Sociological Review.[1]

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coalition2 fields · 2 citationsinvariant · one construct, two arenas minimum resource theory1 fields · 1 citationsanchor · a standalone construct expectation4 fields · 4 citationsjingle · one word, four constructs

References

Gamson, W. A. (1961). A Theory of Coalition Formation. American Sociological Review, 26(3), 373. https://doi.org/10.2307/2090664

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