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pivotal politics  

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  • In general terms, pivotal politics deals with the power of political actors in a collective decision-making situation. A pivot is a person or thing around which something turns or depends, and in coalition theory, a player is said to be pivotal if its departure from a winning coalition renders the coalition nonwinning. [Source: Encyclopedia of Power; Pivotal Politics]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-LP37XNLP-P

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