Presidentialism, parliamentarism, and democracy / Jose Antonio Cheibub.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cheibub, José Antônio, author.

Series:

Cambridge studies in comparative politics.

Cambridge studies in comparative politics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Presidents.

Cabinet system.

Democracy.

Coalition governments.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 202 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Other Title:

Presidentialism, Parliamentarism, & Democracy

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book addresses the following question: why are presidential democracies more likely to break down than parliamentary ones? Conventional wisdom among political scientists pointS to the incentives generated by the form of government itself; the independence of the executive and legislature that defines presidentialism generates incentives that are not conducive to the consolidation of democracy. On the basis of a data set that covers all democracies between 1946 and 2002, this book demonstrates that this is not the case: the incentives generated by presidentialism are as conducive to the consolidation of democracy as the ones generated by parliamentarism. The book argues that what kills presidentialism is the fact that it exists in countries where democracies of any type are not likely to survive. This book will be of interest to academic researchers, graduates and advanced undergraduates enrolled in courses on comparative politics and political economy.

Contents:

Introduction

Presidential, parliamentary, and mixed democracies

Are the incentives for coalition formation different in parliamentary and presidential democracies?

Are coalitions rare in presidential democracies?

Party discipline and form of government

What makes presidential democracies fragile?

Conclusion.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-107-16110-X

1-280-70991-X

9786610709915

0-511-81334-1

0-511-25691-4

0-511-25741-4

0-511-25582-9

0-511-32293-3

0-511-25639-6

OCLC:

243606640