This article reviews three classes of game theoretic solution concepts (solutions, subsolutions, and the core; bargaining set models; and the Shapley value), four social psychological models of coalition formation (minimum resource theory, minimum power theory, bargaining theory, and the weighted probability model), and three sets of political coalition models (minimum size, minimum range, and policy distance minimization). The research that has been conducted on characteristic function games, on experimental coalition situations involving more than three players, and on coalition governments is summarized and the models are evaluated. The advantages of collaboration among the three areas are discussed.