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Presidentialism, Parliamentarism, and Democracy
Jose Antonio Cheibub
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Hardback. This book questions the reasons why presidential democracies more likely to break down than parliamentary ones. Series Editor(s): Lange, Peter; Bates, Robert H. (Harvard University); Comisso, Ellen; Hall, Peter; Migdal, Joel S.; Milner, Helen V. Series: Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics. Num Pages: 222 pages, 19 tables. BIC Classification: JPH; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 500.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
220
Condition
New
Series
Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics
Number of Pages
222
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780521834674
SKU
V9780521834674
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About Jose Antonio Cheibub
José Antonio Cheibub is Associate Professor and Harold Boeschenstein Scholar in Political Economy and Public Policy at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. He earned his Ph.D. from the University of Chicago and has previously taught at the University of Pennsylvania and Yale University. He is a co-author of Democracy and Development: Political Institutions and Well-Being in the World, 1950–1990 (Cambridge, ... Read more
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