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Patterns of democracy : government forms and performance in thirty-six countries / Arend Lijphart.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New Haven [Conn.] : Yale University Press, 2012Edition: 2nd edDescription: 1 online resource (xx, 348 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780300189124
  • 0300189125
  • 1283545918
  • 9781283545914
  • 9786613858368
  • 6613858366
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Patterns of democracy.DDC classification:
  • 320.3 21
LOC classification:
  • JC421
Other classification:
  • 89.35
Online resources:
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.
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 during the period from 1945 to 2010, Lijphart arrives at important-and unexpected-conclusions about what type of democracy works best.-- Provided by Publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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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.

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 what type of democracy works best.-- Provided by Publisher.

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