Spielregeln der Koalitionsverhandlungen

Despite their importance for government formation, coalition negotiations are a “black box” in political science: little is known about the concrete logic, dynamics, and tactics of the negotiation process. Based on in-depth expert interviews with participants in German coalition negotiations, the article examines the internal organization of the negotiations, the preparation of the political actors and the conflict-resolution mechanisms that are used. This is how factors for failure or success can be identified. It becomes clear that institutionalized learning by the political parties about optimal negotiations is largely missing. The study identifies informal “rules of the game” governing a largely unregulated negotiation process and provides a first empirical base for research on the micropolitical dimensions of coalition formation in Germany.

You can find the guiding questions for the conducted expert interviews here.

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