Patterns of Democracy:Government Forms and Performance in Thirty-Six Countries

Patterns of Democracy:Government Forms and Performance in Thirty-Six Countries
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1999-09
ISBN: 9780300078930
定价: 256.30
装帧: 平装
开本: 其他
纸张: 其他
页数: 362页
正文语种: 英语
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  • InthisupdatedandexpandededitionofhishighlyacclaimedbookDemocracies,ArendLijphartoffersabroaderanddeeperanalysisofworldwidedemocraticinstitutionsthaneverbefore.Examiningthirty-sixdemocraciesduringthehalf-centuryfrom1945to1996,Lijphartarrivesatimportant--andunexpected--conclusionsaboutwhattypeofdemocracyworksbest.WhileconventionalwisdomsuggeststhatmajoritariandemocracieslikethoseintheUnitedStatesandGreatBritainaresuperiortoconsensualsystemslikethoseinSwitzerlandandIsrael,Lijphartshowsthisisnotso.Infact,consensualsystemsstimulateeconomicgrowth,controlinflationandunemployment,andlimitbudgetdeficitsjustaswellasmajoritariandemocraciesdo.And,consensusdemocraciesclearlyoutperformmajoritariansystemsonmeasuresofpoliticalequality,women'srepresentation,citizenparticipationinelections,andproximitybetweengovernmentpoliciesandvoterpreferences.Systematicallycomparingcabinets,legislatures,parties,electionsystems,supremecourts,and--forthefirsttimeinthisvolume--interestgroupsandcentralbanks,Lijphartdemonstratesthatthemoreconsensualademocracy,the"kinderandgentler"itiswhenaddressingwelfare,environmental,criminaljustice,andforeignaidissues.Thesefindingsareoffar-reachingimportnotonlyforcountriesdesigningtheirfirstdemocraticconstitutionsbutalsoforestablisheddemocraciesseekingpracticalapproachestoreform.
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    InthisupdatedandexpandededitionofhishighlyacclaimedbookDemocracies,ArendLijphartoffersabroaderanddeeperanalysisofworldwidedemocraticinstitutionsthaneverbefore.Examiningthirty-sixdemocraciesduringthehalf-centuryfrom1945to1996,Lijphartarrivesatimportant--andunexpected--conclusionsaboutwhattypeofdemocracyworksbest.WhileconventionalwisdomsuggeststhatmajoritariandemocracieslikethoseintheUnitedStatesandGreatBritainaresuperiortoconsensualsystemslikethoseinSwitzerlandandIsrael,Lijphartshowsthisisnotso.Infact,consensualsystemsstimulateeconomicgrowth,controlinflationandunemployment,andlimitbudgetdeficitsjustaswellasmajoritariandemocraciesdo.And,consensusdemocraciesclearlyoutperformmajoritariansystemsonmeasuresofpoliticalequality,women'srepresentation,citizenparticipationinelections,andproximitybetweengovernmentpoliciesandvoterpreferences.Systematicallycomparingcabinets,legislatures,parties,electionsystems,supremecourts,and--forthefirsttimeinthisvolume--interestgroupsandcentralbanks,Lijphartdemonstratesthatthemoreconsensualademocracy,the"kinderandgentler"itiswhenaddressingwelfare,environmental,criminaljustice,andforeignaidissues.Thesefindingsareoffar-reachingimportnotonlyforcountriesdesigningtheirfirstdemocraticconstitutionsbutalsoforestablisheddemocraciesseekingpracticalapproachestoreform.
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