@article {edsgcl.39804169820140101,
	title = {Story Coalitions: Applying Narrative Theory to the Study of Coalition Formation.},
	journal = {Political Psychology},
	number = {5},
	year = {2014},
	pages = {661},
	abstract = {To purchase or authenticate to the full-text of this article, please visit this link: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/pops.12072/abstract Byline: Shaul R. Shenhav, Odelia Oshri, Dganit Ofek, Tamir Sheafer Keywords: narrative; political narratives; narrative theory; narrative analysis; coalition formation; national stories; story coalitions; Israel This article explores the potential of incorporating narrative theory into the study of coalition formation. Following a discussion of the role of narratives in group-formation processes in a coalition-driven dynamic, we offer a theoretical framework to examine the ways political stories espoused by people are mirrored by the partisan system. We integrate theoretical assumptions of narrative studies with coalition-formation theories in an attempt to frame coalition-formation models in terms of voters{\textquoteright} political stories. We test our theoretical framework by simulating various possible coalitions in the Israeli 2009 elections and as},
	issn = {0162-895X},
	url = {http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true\&db=edsgao\&AN=edsgcl.398041698\&site=eds-live},
	author = {Shaul R. Shenhav and Oshri, Odelia and Ofek, Dganit and Sheafer, Tamir}
}
