Divided Government in Comparative Perspective

by Robert Elgie

Divided government occurs when the executive fails to enjoy majority support in at least one working house of the legislature. To date, the study of divided government has focused almost exclusively on the United States. However, divided government occurs much more widely. It occurs in other presidential systems. Moreover, it is also the equivalent of minority government in parliamentary regimes and cohabitation in French-style semi-presidential systems...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198295650
• ISBN13: 9780198295655
• Release Date: January 2002
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 254 Pages
• Weight: 1.08 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.4" x 9.5"