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Parliamentary Versus Presidential Government (Oxford Readings in Politics and Government) - Hardcover
Parliamentary and presidential governments--exemplified by most European countries for the former and the United States and Latin America for the latter--are the two principal forms of democracy in the modern world. Their respective advantages and disadvantages have been long debated, at first mainly by British and American political observers but with increasing frequency in other parts of the world, not only in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, but in Latin America and Asia as well. The recent world-wide wave of democratization has intensified both the debate and its significance. This volume brings together the most important statement on the subject by advocates and analysts--from Montesquieu and Madison to Lipset and Linz. It also treats the merits of less frequently used democratic types, such as French-style semi-presidentialism, that may be regarded as intermediate forms between parliamentarism and presidentialism.
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The readings in this series are chosen from a variety of journals and other sources to cover major areas or issues in the study of politics, government, and political theory. Each volume contains an introductory essay by the editor and a select guide to further reading.
About the Author:
Arend Lijphart is at University of California, San Diego.
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- PublisherOxford University Press
- Publication date1992
- ISBN 10 0198780435
- ISBN 13 9780198780434
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages270
- EditorLijphart Arend
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