political coalition
Let an agent explain political coalitions, relay formation, types, stability, agreements and named examples from political science and news sources with evaluations attributed, and distinguish coalitions from single-party governments, confidence and supply arrangements, electoral alliances, grand coalitions as a subtype and mergers of parties.
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Understand What a political coalition is.
Definition
Definition.
Definition
Definition.
- What is a political coalition, and how does it differ from single-party government, confidence and supply, electoral alliances, grand coalitions and mergers? definition
- Is the question about a specific government, theory or history? boundary
Examples
Named coalitions.
Examples
Examples.
- What were or are Burgerblock governments, Milazzism, black-green and Blackberry coalitions, and coalitions in Bulgaria and Belgium? definition
- Which entry fits the specific coalition? action
Theory Coalition theory.
Formation
Formation theories.
Formation
Formation.
- What do minimal winning and policy-based coalition theories predict? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
Stability
Stability.
Stability
Stability.
- What makes coalitions stable or collapse, as political scientists report? provenance
- Which sources are cited? provenance
Practice Practice.
Agreements
Coalition agreements.
Agreements
Agreements.
- What do coalition agreements contain, as in German practice? provenance
- Which entry fits coalition agreement? action
Current
Current governments.
Current
Current.
- Which coalitions govern now, checked against current sources? provenance
- Is the information current? boundary
Context History.
Interwar
Interwar bourgeois blocs.
Interwar
Interwar.
- How did Burgerblock governments form in interwar Austria and Switzerland, with interpretations attributed? provenance
- Which entry fits First Austrian Republic? action
Colours
Colour names.
Colours
Colours.
- Why are coalitions named after party colours, such as traffic light and Jamaica? provenance
- Is the presentation neutral and attributed? boundary
Classifiers Filled
- Family
- Thing Registry
- Category
- Society, people and institutions
- Entry kind
- thing
- Plane
- SOC
- Domain
- SOC.ORG
- Other names and narrower kinds
- political coalition in Bulgaria, Blackberry coalition, coalition Belgium, Bürgerblock-Regierung, black-green coalition, Milazzism, common front
What it is Filled
An alliance of political parties, often formed to create a governing majority in parliamentary systems where no single party wins one, or to contest elections jointly, with coalition agreements setting policy and posts; coalitions are commonly named by party colours or symbols, as in German black-green coalitions of CDU/CSU and Greens and the Blackberry coalition of CDU, SPD and BSW formed in Thuringia after the 2024 state election, while historical examples the registry aliases name include the Burgerblock governments of bourgeois parties in interwar Austria and Switzerland, Milazzism, the 1958 Sicilian regional government of Silvio Milazzo uniting parties from left and right against the Christian Democrats, and coalitions in Bulgaria and Belgium, where long negotiations are frequent. Evaluations of specific coalitions are attributed.
Why it exists Filled
Let an agent explain political coalitions, relay formation, types, stability, agreements and named examples from political science and news sources with evaluations attributed, and distinguish coalitions from single-party governments, confidence and supply arrangements, electoral alliances, grand coalitions as a subtype and mergers of parties.
Distinguishing features Filled
- Multiple parties
- Coalition agreements
- Colour naming conventions
- Stability varies
What robots and AI may and may not do Filled
Must not
- Frame a specific coalition in a partisan way or campaign for or against it.
- Present the composition of a past government as current.
- Invent or misstate the terms of a coalition agreement.
- Generate deceptive material about coalition talks to influence voters.
Only with a human decision
- Publishing claims about secret coalition deals involving named politicians.
May
- Explain how coalitions form and work in different political systems.
- Report the composition of a named coalition with sources and dates.
Moral aspects Filled
- Coalitions decide who governs; honest information about them supports voters' choices.
- Smaller parties and minorities often depend on coalitions for representation.
Who is affected
- Voters
- Parties and their members
Owners Filled
Steward
The parties that form it; parliaments and electoral authorities keep official records of governments.
Links to other meta-models Filled
parent
- Q124964 - registry parent class
- Q60170135 - registry parent class
related
- political alliance - in registry terms
- coalition government
- grand coalition
- confidence and supply
What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled
Identity and identifiers required Filled
- Vercy registry: vr.tr.political-coalition
- Wikidata: Q6138528 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6138528)
Direct properties not applicable Not applicable
- Belgian government formation record: 541 days note - 2010-2011
- Milazzo government: 1958 year - Sicily
- Blackberry coalitions: from 2024 note - eastern German states, check current
Plane SOC: no invented physical properties.
Recognition optional Filled
- Alliance of political parties
- Political coalition in Bulgaria, Blackberry coalition, coalition in Belgium, Burgerblock government, black-green coalition, Milazzism
- Single-party governments rule alone; confidence and supply is external support; electoral alliances may not govern; grand coalitions join the largest parties; mergers create new parties
- Not a physical object; seen in signed agreements, joint cabinets and colour-coded names.
Capabilities and actions required Filled
- explain formation and types
- relay coalition agreements
- describe named coalitions
- present evaluations with attribution
Hazards and failure modes required Filled
- Partisan framing of specific coalitions
- Stale government composition
- Treating instances as kinds
Standards and interfaces required Filled
- Constitutional rules on government formation
- Party and electoral laws
Context of use required Filled
- Forming governments and joint electoral fronts.
- minimal winning coalitions
- grand coalitions
- minority coalitions
- electoral coalitions
- national unity governments
Sources Filled
- Wikidata item Q6138528: political coalition - identity and sense of the item
- Wikipedia: List of political groups by country - general description of the item
Open questions
- The registry aliases for named coalitions should be split off as instances
- How should current governments be kept up to date?
- Should colour-coded coalition names be a separate entry?
Machine files
Provenance
thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed
Built from: models/things/publications/thing-q6138528/spec.json