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Patterns of democracy : government forms and performance in thirty-six countries / Arend Lijphart.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lijphart, Arend.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Democracy.
- Comparative government.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xx, 348 pages :) : illustrations
- Edition:
- Second edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New Haven [Conn.] : Yale University Press, 2012.
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- In this updated and expanded edition of his classic text, Arend Lijphart offers a broader and deeper analysis of worldwide democratic institutions than ever before. Examining thirty six democracies from 1945 to 2010, Lijphart arrives at important-and unexpected-conclusions about what type of democracy works best. Book jacket.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- The Westminster model of democracy
- The consensus model of democracy
- Thirty-six democracies
- Party systems : two-party and multiparty patterns
- Cabinets : concentration versus sharing of executive power
- Executive-legislative relations : patterns of dominance and balance of power
- Electoral systems : majority and plurality methods versus proportional representation
- Interest groups : pluralism versus corporatism
- Division of power : the federal-unitary and centralized-decentralized contrasts
- Parliaments and congresses : concentration versus division of legislative power
- Constitutions : amendment procedures and judicial review
- Central banks : independence versus dependence
- The two-dimensional conceptual map of democracy
- Effective government and policy-making : does concensus democracy make a difference?
- The quality of democracy and a "kinder, gentler" democracy : consensus democracy makes a difference
- Conclusions and recommendations.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. New York Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on print version record.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Charles H. Maxson Fund.
- Other Format:
- Patterns of democracy.
- ISBN:
- 0300189125
- 9780300189124
- Publisher Number:
- 99976886431
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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