The vote of no confidence: towards a framework for analysis

What is it about?

This paper deals with the vote of no-confidence. It is a tool by which parliament can express its lack of support for the government. The paper develops and conceptualize a series of indicators that affect the relative ease with which parliament can challenge and terminate government. The study proposes the first ever framework for analyzing votes of no confidence.

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Why is it important?

The vote of no-confidence is significantly under-studied, and research on this mechanism calls out for systematic attention. It is also timely because parliamentary democracies are making it procedurally harder for parliament to terminate the government.