Maria Thürk
Associate senior lecturer/Assistant Professor at Department of Government; Faculty
- E-mail:
- maria.thurk@statsvet.uu.se
- Visiting address:
- Östra Ågatan 19
753 22 Uppsala - Postal address:
- Box 514
751 20 UPPSALA
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Maria Thürk has been an associate senior lecturer at Uppsala University since 2025. Her research focuses on comparative politics, particularly minority and coalition cabinets and government anti-corruption efforts. She studies how institutions influence government actions as well as their perception by citizens. Maria earned her PhD from Humboldt University of Berlin in 2021 and was a postdoc at the University of Basel. Before Uppsala, she taught at the University of Gothenburg.
Publications
Recent publications
Regional coalition heuristics: government participation and party perceptions in multi-level systems
Part of West European Politics, 2024
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The formalisation of minority governments
Part of West European Politics, p. 113-141, 2024
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Hitting the Sweet Spot?: The Electoral Consequences of Supporting Minority Governments
Part of Comparative Political Studies, 2024
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Part of Parliamentary Affairs, 2024
- DOI for Duration of coalition formation in the German states: Inertia and familiarity in a multilevel setting
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Part of Journal of Politics, 2024
All publications
Articles in journal
Regional coalition heuristics: government participation and party perceptions in multi-level systems
Part of West European Politics, 2024
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The formalisation of minority governments
Part of West European Politics, p. 113-141, 2024
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Hitting the Sweet Spot?: The Electoral Consequences of Supporting Minority Governments
Part of Comparative Political Studies, 2024
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Part of Parliamentary Affairs, 2024
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Part of Journal of Politics, 2024
Stability of minority governments and the role of support agreements
Part of West European Politics, p. 767-792, 2022
Extra-coalitional policy bargaining: investigating the power of committee chairs
Part of Journal of Legislative Studies, p. 93-111, 2021
Institutional constraints on cabinet formation: Veto points and party system dynamics
Part of European Journal of Political Research, p. 295-316, 2021
Small in Size but Powerful in Parliament?: The Legislative Performance of Minority Governments
Part of Legislative Studies Quarterly, p. 193-224, 2021
Under the Influence: Pay-Offs to Legislative Support Parties under Minority Governments
Part of Government and Opposition, p. 121-140, 2021
Articles, review/survey
Flexibel, stabil und effektiv?: Zum Stand der Forschung über Minderheitsregierungen
Part of Zeitschrift für Vergleichende Politikwissenschaft, p. 297-314, 2023
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