Patterns of democracy : Government forms and performance in thirty six countries
Lijphart Arend
Patterns of democracy : Government forms and performance in thirty six countries
- 2nd
- London Yale University 2012
- 348p xv
Contents Preface t o the Second Edition ix; Preface to the First Edition xv; 1: Introduction 1; 2: The Westminster Model of Democracy 9; 3: The Consensus Model of Democracy 30; 4: Thirty-Six Democracies 46; 5: Party Systems: Two-Party and Multiparty Patterns 60; 6: Cabinets: Concentration Versus Sharing of Executive Power 79; 7: Executive-Legislative Relations: Patterns of Dominance and Balance of Power 105; 8: Electoral Systems: Majority and Plurality Methods Versus Proportional Representation 130; 9: Interest Groups: Pluralism Versus Corporatism 158; 10: Division of Power: The Federal-Unitary and Centralized Decentralized Contrasts 174; viii CONTENTS; 11: Parliaments and Congresses: Concentration Versus Division of Legislative Power 187; 12: Constitutions: Amendment Procedures and Judicial Review 204; 13: Central Banks: Independence Versus Dependence 226; 14: The Two-Dimensional Conceptual Map of Democracy 239; 15: Effective Government and Policy-Making: Does Consensus Democracy Make a Difference? 255; 16: The Quality of Democracy and a “Kinder, Gentler” Democracy: Consensus Democracy Makes a Difference 274; 17: Conclusions and Recommendations 295; Appendix: Two Dimensions and Ten Basic Variables, 1945–2010 and 1981–2010 304; References 311; Index 338