Patterns of democracy : government forms and performance in thirty-six countries / Arend Lijphart.
Tipo de material: TextoDetalles de publicación: New Haven : Yale University Press, 1999.Descripción: xiv, 351 p. ; 22 cmISBN:- 0300078943 (cloth)
- 0300078935 (pbk.)
- 320.3 21
- JC 421 L542.1999
Tipo de ítem | Biblioteca actual | Colección | Signatura topográfica | Copia número | Estado | Fecha de vencimiento | Código de barras | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Libros | Biblioteca Francisco Xavier Clavigero Acervo | Acervo General | JC 421 L542.1999 (Navegar estantería(Abre debajo)) | ej. 1 | Disponible | BFXC032513 | ||
Libros | Biblioteca Francisco Xavier Clavigero Acervo | Acervo General | JC 421 L542.1999 (Navegar estantería(Abre debajo)) | ej. 2 | Disponible | BFXC032514 |
Incluye referencias bibliográficas (p. [317]-340) e índice.
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 -- Macro-economic management and the control of violence: does consensus democracy make a difference? -- The quality of democracy and a "kinder, gentler" democracy: consensus democracy makes a difference -- Conclusions and recommendations -- Appendix A. Two dimensions and ten basic variables, 1945-96 and 1971-96 -- Appendix B. Alternative measure of multipartism, cabinet composition, and disproportionality, 1945-96 and 1971-96.