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Author Cheibub, José Antônio, author.

Title Presidentialism, parliamentarism, and democracy / Jose Antonio Cheibub
Published New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2007

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 202 pages) : illustrations
Series Cambridge studies in comparative politics
Cambridge studies in comparative politics.
Contents Introduction -- Presidential, parliamentary, and mixed democracies -- Are the incentives for coalition formation different in parliamentary and presidential democracies? -- Are coalitions rare in presidential democracies? -- Party discipline and form of government -- What makes presidential democracies fragile? -- Conclusion
Summary Are newly established presidential democracies doomed to fail? Advocates of parliamentarism point to the fact that these regimes tend to last longer than presidential ones in support of their positive answer to this question. This book takes a contrary view on this issue
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-195) and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Presidents.
Cabinet system.
Democracy.
Coalition governments.
Democracy
presidents.
democracy.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Ideologies -- Democracy.
Cabinet system
Coalition governments
Democracy
Presidents
Präsidentielles Regierungssystem
Parlamentarismus
Demokratie
Présidents -- Études comparatives.
Gouvernement (science politique) -- Études comparatives.
Démocratie -- Études comparatives.
Gouvernements de coalition -- Études comparatives.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780511257414
0511257414
0511256914
9780511256912
9780511813344
0511813341