Book Reviews : The Study of Coalition Behavior. Edited by SVEN GROENNINGS, E. W. KELLEY, and MICHAEL LEISERSON. (New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, Inc., 1970. Pp. xv, 489. $8.50.)

• Author: Glenn R. Parker
• DOI: 10.1177/106591297102400427
• Published date: 01 December 1971
• Date: 01 December 1971

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The Study of Coalition Behavior. Edited by SVEN GROENNINGS, E. W. KELLEY,
and MICHAEL LEISERSON. (New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, Inc.,
1970. Pp. xv, 489. $8.50.)
The infusion of coalition research into Political Science has been sporadic,
as well as sparse; The Study of Coalition Behavior contributes both substantively
and theoretically to the body of knowledge concerned with coalition formation.
The substantive dimension of the book is composed of twelve original case studies
of coalition formation in a variety of contexts; these essays are of particular value
in clarifying existing formulations of the processes involved in coalition formation.
For instance, Gerald Pomper, after examining the roll-call behavior of delegates
to the United States’ Constitutional Convention, cites a number of conditions
under which the theoretically expected coalition of minimal size will not materi-
alize. Similarily, Dean Yarwood puts forth the argument that a coalition may
withdraw from the system even though the majority alliance is not exacting ex-
cessive costs from...