• The Representative Democracy Data Archive

  • New data release (December 2024)

    We are happy to announce a new data release that provides detailed information on important aspects of government formation and termination in 30 European countries until 2024.

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  • New book and data on coalition governance in Central Eastern Europe

    “This insightful book brings the study of coalitions and coalition governance in Central and Eastern European democracies up to date, with an analytical focus framed by difficult economic and social periods, such as the end of the economic crisis and the Coronavirus pandemic.“

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  • Special Issue on Coalition research

    Check out the special issue on “Coalition Dynamics: Advances in the Study of the Coalition Life Cycle” that uses EPDEM data to investigating various aspects of coalition politics.

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Welcome to The Representative Democracy Data Archive (REPDEM)

REPDEM presents the comparative data collection efforts undertaken by various research and data infrastructure projects on governments, parliaments, political parties, length of government formation periods, bargain rounds, procedures and mechanisms for intra-coalition governance, and government duration and termination.
 
The Representative Democracy Data Archive (REPDEM) includes parliamentary and semi-presidential democracies around the World.

Latest publications

Legislative institutions and coalitions

Hellström, Johan & Lindahl, Jonas
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Concepts and Measurements

Fumarola, Andrea. & Lindahl, Jonas
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New Patterns of Coalition Politics in Central and Eastern Europe?

Bergman, Torbjörn, Ilonszki, Gabriella, & Hellström, Johan
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Introduction: Old puzzles, conceptual vagueness and new developments in the study of coalition governments

Dumont, Patrick, Grofman, Bernard, Bergman, Torbjörn & Louwerse, Tom
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Defining caretaker governments

Bergman, Torbjörn & Lindahl, Jonas
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