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Patterns of democracy : government forms and performance in thirty-six countries /
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 during the period from 1945 to 2010, Lijphart arrives at important--and unexpected--conclusions about...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New Haven [Conn.] :
Yale University Press,
2012.
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| Edición: | 2nd ed. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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.