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Comparing Newly Governing Parties / Kris Deschouwer -- The Organizational Costs Of Public Office / Nicol Bolleyer -- Newly Governing Parties In Italy: Comparing The Pdsi/ds, Lega Nord And Forza Italia / Jonathan Hopkin And Piero Ignazi -- The Short Road To Power - And The Long Way Back: Newly Governing Parties In The Netherlands / Paul Lucardie And Christian Pierre Ghillebaert -- Close But No Cigar? Newly Governing And Nearly Governing Parties In Sweden And New Zealand / Tim Bale And Magnus Blomgren -- Greens In A Rainbow: The Impact Of Participation In Government Of The Green Parties In Belgium / Pascal Delwit And Emilie Van Haute -- Moving From Movement To Government: The Transformation Of The Finnish Greens / Jan Sundberg And Niklas Wilhelmsson -- Independents In Government: A Sui Generis Model? / Liam Weeks -- The Electoral Fate Of New Parties In Government / Jo Buelens And Airo Hino -- Populists In Power: Attitudes Toward Immigrants After The Austrian Freedom Party Entered Government / Elizabeth Ivarsflaten. Edited By Kris Deschouwer. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.