State Interest through the Prism of the Commitments of Ruling Parties
State Interest through the Prism of the Commitments of Ruling Parties

Author(s): Vladimir Goati
Subject(s): Politics, Governance, Government/Political systems, Political behavior, Politics and communication, Politics and society
Published by: CEDET Centar za demokratsku tranziciju
Keywords: ruling coalition; pivotal party; coalition arrangement; elections
Summary/Abstract: Parties, as the most powerful actors in a democratic political system, strive towards achieving the best possible results in the elections and creating a government independently or in a coalition with other parties. The change of parties in power most often has a substantial impact on state policy. If the government is formed by a coalition of parties - as has been the case in Serbia from 2000 until today - the pivotal parties have the greatest influence. In this period, pivotal parties in the three coalition governments in Serbia were the Democratic Party and the Democratic Party of Serbia. During this period these three coalition governments, under the crucial influence of pivotal parties, defined the priority state interests of Serbia in different ways.

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