TY  - BOOK
AU  - Lijphart,Arend
TI  - Patterns of democracy: government forms and performance in thirty-six countries 
SN  - 9780300172027
U1  - 320 
PY  - 2012///
CY  - New Haven, London
PB  - Yale University Press
KW  - Democracy
KW  - Comparative government
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; 1. Introduction -- 
2. The Westminster model of democracy -- 
3. The consensus model of democracy -- 
4. Thirty-six democracies -- 
5. Party systems: two party and multiparty patterns -- 
6. Cabinets: concentration versus sharing of executive power -- 
7. Executive-legislative relations: patterns of dominance and balance of power -- 
8. Electoral systems: majority and plurality methods versus proportional representation -- 
9. Interest groups: pluralism versus corporatism -- 
10. Division of power: the federal-unitary and centralized-decentralized contrasts -- 
11. Parliament and congresses: concentration versus division of legislative power -- 
12. Constitutions: amendment procedures and judicial review -- 
13. Central banks: independence versus dependence -- 
14. The two-dimensional conceptual map of democracy -- 
15. Effective government and policy-making: does consensus democracy make a difference? -- 
16. The quality of democracy and a "kinder, gentler" democracy: consensus democracy makes a difference
N2  - 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
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