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008			060505s1999 ctu rb 001 0 eng d
010			_a 99012365
020			_a0300078943 (cloth)
020			_a0300078935 (pbk.)
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040			_aDLC _bspa _cDLC _dUIASF
050		4	_aJC 421 _bL542.1999
082	0	0	_a320.3 _221
100			_aLijphart, Arend
245	1	0	_aPatterns of democracy : _bgovernment forms and performance in thirty-six countries / _cArend Lijphart.
260			_aNew Haven : _bYale University Press, _c1999.
300			_axiv, 351 p. ; _c22 cm.
504			_aIncluye referencias bibliográficas (p. [317]-340) e índice.
505	0		_aIntroduction -- 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.
650		0	_aDemocracy.
650		4	_aDemocracia.
650		0	_aComparative government.
650		4	_aGobierno comparado.
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980			_851 _gRonald RUIZ