The chapter contains a lengthy discussion of the government formation process in Germany in 1987 following legislative elections in that country. Did the distribution of seats in the German cabinet after the 1987 election demonstrate that party leaders were pure officeseekers, purepolicy seekers, or some combination?Explain.
What will be an ideal response?
A combination; pure office seekers in the CDU/CSU would have formed a coalition with Greens, but they had to give up only a little bit of office motivation to gain a lot of policy concession, so we can’t say confidently that they were pure policy seekers either.
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What will be an ideal response?