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The Presidentialization of Politics: A Comparative Study of Modern Democracies
Thomas; We Poguntke
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Paperback. Leading experts come together to examine the changing role of political parties and political leadership in fourteen modern democracies. Editor(s): Poguntke, Thomas; Webb, Paul. Series: Comparative Politics. Num Pages: 378 pages, 10 tables, 8 figures. BIC Classification: JPA; JPF; JPHL; JPHV. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 576.
The Presidentialization of Politics shows that the politics of democratic societies is moving towards a presidentialized working mode, even in the absence of formal institutional changes. These developments can be explained by a combination of long-term structural changes in modern politics and societies' contingent factors which fluctuate over time. While these contingent, short-term factors relate to the personalities of office holders, the overall political agenda, and the majority situation in parliament, there are several structural factors which are relatively uniform across modern nations. First, the internationalization of modern politics (which is particularly pronounced within the European Union) has led to ... Read more
The Presidentialization of Politics shows that the politics of democratic societies is moving towards a presidentialized working mode, even in the absence of formal institutional changes. These developments can be explained by a combination of long-term structural changes in modern politics and societies' contingent factors which fluctuate over time. While these contingent, short-term factors relate to the personalities of office holders, the overall political agenda, and the majority situation in parliament, there are several structural factors which are relatively uniform across modern nations. First, the internationalization of modern politics (which is particularly pronounced within the European Union) has led to ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
Series
Comparative Politics
Number of Pages
378
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780199218493
SKU
V9780199218493
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