| Edition |
2nd ed. |
| Description |
1 online resource (xx, 348 pages) : illustrations |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction -- Westminster model of democracy -- 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 -- Two-dimensional conceptual map of democracy -- Effective government and policy-making : does concensus democracy make a difference? -- Quality of democracy and a "kinder, gentler" democracy : consensus democracy makes a difference -- Conclusions and recommendations. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Democracy.
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Democracy. |
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Comparative government.
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Comparative government. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Lijphart, Arend. Patterns of democracy. 2nd ed. New Haven [Conn.] : Yale University Press, 2012 9780300172027 (DLC) 2012000704 (OCoLC)773811598 |
| ISBN |
9780300189124 (electronic book) |
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0300189125 (electronic book) |
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9780300172027 (paperbound ; alkaline paper) |
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0300172028 (paperbound ; alkaline paper) |
| Standard No. |
9786613858368 |
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