Articles by Hanna Bäck

January 23, 2024

Are parties wasting time negotiating coalition deals?

Hanna Bäck

Recent elections in several countries have produced inconclusive outcomes. This has resulted in extended periods of bargaining between parties to determine the next government. Matthew E Bergman, Hanna Bäck, and Wolfgang C Müller argue that contrary to conventional wisdom, long bargaining periods might actually be a constructive investment in future productivity

Hanna Bäck

Professor of Political Science, Department of Political Science, Lund University

Before joining the department in Lund, Hanna was a junior professor at the Mannheim Centre for European Social Research (MZES).

She is currently co-editor of the journal Research and Politics and has served as a member of the editorial boards of for example Journal of Politics, Legislative Studies Quarterly, Scandinavian Political Studies, and West European Politics.

She is a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Letters, History and Antiquities and she has chaired the evaluation committee for political science at the Swedish Research Council.

Her research, for example, focuses on political parties, legislative behaviour, and coalition politics in parliamentary democracies.

She also conducts research in the field of political psychology, currently focusing mainly on affective polarisation, and she has a strong interest in gender and representation.

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