The Failure of Presidential Democracy

Erscheinungsjahr 1994
ISBN: 978-0-8018-4640-3
Verlag: Johns Hopkins University Press

Buch, Englisch, 192 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 290 g

Citizens of the United States, heirs to two centuries of democratic government, tend to believe that presidentialism – rather than parliamentarism – is the political system that best ensures a stable democracy. In Latin America, however, where many governments have been modeled on that of the United States, presidentialism has had mixed success. In The Failure of Presidential Democracy Juan Linz and Arturo Valenzuela bring together leading scholars to examine the question of whether presidentialism or parliamentarism offers the best hope for stable government and democratic continuity.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Linz, Juan J.

Valenzuela, Arturo

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Vergleichende Politikwissenschaft

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface
Part I. Introduction
1. Presidential or Parliamentary Democracy: Does It Make a Difference?
Part II. Theoretical Perspectives and the Semipresidential Case of France
2. Presidentialism and Majoritarian Democracy: Theoretical Observations
3. Neither Presidentialism nor Parliamentarism
4. Presidentialism and Parlimentarism in Comparative Perspective
5. Presidentialism and Political Stability in France
Notes on Contributors
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Linz, Juan J.
Juan J. Linz is Sterling Professor Emeritus of Political and Social Science at Yale University. In addition to the works coauthored and coedited with Professor Stepan, Professor Linz has published works on democracy, democratization, and comparative politics, including Sultanistic Regimes, also published by Johns Hopkins.

Juan J. Linz is Sterling Professor of Political and Social Science at Yale University. Arturo Valenzuela is Emeritus Professor of Government and Foreign Service at Georgetown University.