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Government Forms and Performance in Thirty-Six Countries

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An edition of Patterns of Democracy (1999)

Patterns of Democracy

Government Forms and Performance in Thirty-Six Countries

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"In this updated and expanded edition of his book Democracies, Arend Lijphart offers a broader and deeper analysis of worldwide democratic institutions than ever before. Examining thirty-six democracies during the half-century from 1945 to 1996, Lijphart arrives at important - and unexpected - conclusions about what type of democracy works best.

Although conventional wisdom suggests that majoritarian democracies like those in the United States and Great Britain are superior to consensual systems like those in Switzerland and Israel, Lijphart shows this is not so. In fact, consensual systems stimulate economic growth, control inflation and unemployment, and limit budget deficits just as well as majoritarian democracies do.

And consensus democracies clearly outperform majoritarian systems on measures of political equality, women's representation, citizen participation in elections, and proximity between government policies and voter preferences."--BOOK JACKET.

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368

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Patterns of Democracy: Government Forms and Performance in Thirty-Six Countries
July 11, 1999, Yale University Press
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Patterns of Democracy: Government Forms and Performance in Thirty-Six Countries
July 11, 1999, Yale University Press
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First Sentence

"There are many ways in which, in principle, a democracy can be organized and run; in practice, too, modern democracies exhibit a variety of formal governmental institutions, like legislatures and courts, as well as political party and interest group systems."

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Library of Congress
JC421.L542 1999

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Format
Paperback
Number of pages
368
Dimensions
8.2 x 5.5 x 1.1 inches
Weight
15.5 ounces

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OL9759065M
Internet Archive
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ISBN 10
0300078935
ISBN 13
9780300078930
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254172
Goodreads
85028

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There are many ways in which, in principle, a democracy can be organized and run; in practice, too, modern democracies exhibit a variety of formal governmental institutions, like legislatures and courts, as well as political party and interest group systems.
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