Coalitions are groupings of rival political units in the face of a common enemy; they occur in situations where protection from that enemy, or the furtherance of some shared goal, overrides differences and potential conflicts between the members of the...

Coalition theory, much of which developed from game theory, is part of the quasi-mathematical rational choice tradition in political science which attempts to construct predictive theories to explain political activity. There are two principal domains...

Originally a word for union or fusion, the term coalition came in the eighteenth century to mean a temporary alliance of political parties. In modern social science, the meaning has broadened to include any combination of two or more social actors...

Coalition Building Coalitions refer to the temporary formation of persons, groups, or even nations for some type of joint or common action. It has been used as a term most often in relation to political or national issues, such as President George H....

Coalition according to Brittanica is a union brtween parties sharing common interests usually for particular span of...

ACCORDING TO JOINT Publication (JP) 3-16, Multinational Operations, "a coalition is an ad hoc arrangement between two or more nations for common action. Coalitions are formed by different nations with different objectives, usually for a single occasion or for a longer period while addressing...

The Jewish Week 06-16-2000 Coalition Unraveling Whether or not Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak manages to convince the Shas Party to remain within the ruling coalition it has promised to quit, the coalition is one in name only. It is time for...

Rosie Mendez When is a club's endorsement not really an endorsement? On June 7, Ken Diamondstone's campaign put out a press release announcing his endorsement by CoDA, a Lower East Side Democratic club, over his incumbent opponent, Martin Connor, for the 25th State Senate...

Rarely has such a diverse and passionate coalition come together in opposition to a less imposing figure than Schools Chancellor Joel Klein. In the time since a school-bus rerouting in late January left thousands of young public-school students shivering in the snow, the diminutive former...