Patterns of democracy : government forms and performance in thirty-six countries / Arend Lijphart.
نوع المادة : نصالناشر:New Haven [Conn.] : Yale University Press, 2012الطبعات:2nd edوصف:xx, 348 pages : illustrations ; 21 cmنوع المحتوى:- text
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- 9780300172027 (paperbound : alk. paper)
- 0300172028 (paperbound : alk. paper)
- JC421 .L542 2012
نوع المادة | المكتبة الحالية | رقم الطلب | رقم النسخة | حالة | تاريخ الإستحقاق | الباركود | |
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كتاب | UAE Federation Library | مكتبة اتحاد الإمارات General Collection | المجموعات العامة | JC421 .L542 2012 (إستعراض الرف(يفتح أدناه)) | C.1 | Library Use Only | داخل المكتبة فقط | 30010011134108 | ||
كتاب | UAE Federation Library | مكتبة اتحاد الإمارات General Collection | المجموعات العامة | JC421 .L542 2012 (إستعراض الرف(يفتح أدناه)) | C.2 | المتاح | 30010011134625 |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- The Westminster model of democracy -- The 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 -- The two-dimensional conceptual map of democracy -- Effective government and policy-making : does concensus democracy make a difference? -- The quality of democracy and a "kinder, gentler" democracy : consensus democracy makes a difference -- Conclusions and recommendations.