Thinking about democracy : power sharing and majority rule in theory and practice / Arend Lijphart.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lijphart, Arend.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Democracy.

Physical Description:

x, 306 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2008.

Summary:

Arend Lijphart is one of the world's leading and most influential political scientists whose work has had a profound impact on the study of democracy and comparative politics. Thinking about Democracy draws on a lifetime's experience of research and publication in this area and collects together for the first time his most significant and influential work. The book also contains an entirely new introduction and conclusion where Professor Lijphart assesses the development of his thought and the practical impact it has had on emerging democracies. This volume will be of enormous interest to all students and scholars of democracy and comparative politics, and politics and international relations in general.

Contents:

Introduction : developments in power sharing theory

Consociational democracy (1969)

The puzzle of Indian democracy : a consociational interpretation (1996)

Self-determination versus pre-determination of ethnic minorities in power sharing systems (1991)

Constitutional design for divided societies (2004)

The quality of democracy : consensus democracy makes a difference (1999)

Majority rule in theory and practice : the tenacity of a flawed paradigm (1991)

Back to democratic basics : who really practices majority rule? (1997)

Presidentialism and majoritarian democracy : theoretical observations (1994)

Europe, the European Union, and democracy (2002)

Constitutional choices for new democracies (1991)

Double-checking the evidence (1991)

The alternative vote : a realistic alternative for South Africa? (1991)

Five exemplary devices for electoral reform (1994)

Unequal participation : democracy's unresolved dilemma (1997)

Types of democracy and generosity with foreign aid : an indirect test of the democratic peace proposition (1999)

Comparative politics and the comparative method (1971)

Conclusion : power sharing, evidence, and logic.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [282]-297) and index.

ISBN:

9780415772679

0415772672

9780415772686

0415772680

9780203934685

0203934687

OCLC:

122291623

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