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Genre/Form: | Book |
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Material Type: | Internet resource |
Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Arend Lijphart |
ISBN: | 0300078943 9780300078947 0300078935 9780300078930 9780300172027 0300172028 |
OCLC Number: | 40610751 |
Description: | xiv, 351 pages ; 22 cm |
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 -- Macro-economic management and the control of violence: does consensus democracy make a difference? -- The quality of democracy and a "kinder, gentler" democracy: consensus democracy makes a difference -- Conclusions and recommendations -- Appendix A. Two dimensions and ten basic variables, 1945-96 and 1971-96 -- Appendix B. Alternative measure of multipartism, cabinet composition, and disproportionality, 1945-96 and 1971-96. |
Responsibility: | Arend Lijphart. |
Abstract:
Examining 36 democracies from 1945 to 1996, this text arrives at important - and unexpected - conclusions about what type of democracy works best. It demonstrates that consensual systems stimulate economic growth, control inflation and unemployment, and limit budget deficits.
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"Magnificent... The best-researched book on democracy in the world today." (Malcolm Mackerras, American Review of Politics) "I can't think of another scholar as well qualified as Lijphart to write a book of this kind. He has an amazing grasp of the relevant literature, and he's compiled an unmatched collection of data." (Robert A. Dahl, Yale University) "This sound comparative research... will continue to be a standard in graduate and undergraduate courses in comparative politics." (Choice)" Read more...
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