Presidents and Assemblies: Constitutional Design and Electoral Dynamics

by Matthew Soberg Shugart and John M. Carey

Book Overview

In recent years renewed attention has been directed to the importance of the role of institutional design in democratic politics. Particular interest has concerned constitutional design and the relative merits of parliamentary versus presidential systems. A virtual consensus has formed around the argument that parliamentary systems are preferable overall to presidential systems, due largely to the loss of power to the executive and assembly in presidential...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521429900
• ISBN13: 9780521429900
• Release Date: August 1992
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 332 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"