Presidentialism, Parliamentarism, and Democracy

by José Antonio Cheibub

Book Overview

This book addresses the following question: why are presidential democracies more likely to break down than parliamentary ones? Conventional wisdom among political scientists pointS to the incentives generated by the form of government itself; the independence of the executive and legislature that defines presidentialism generates incentives that are not conducive to the consolidation of democracy. On the basis of a data set that covers all democracies...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521542448
• ISBN13: 9780521542449
• Release Date: November 2006
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"