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Parliamentary versus presidential government / edited by Arend Lijphart

Contributor(s): Series: Oxford readings in politics and governmentPublication details: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1992Description: xii, 257 p. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 0198780443
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 320.3 PAR
Contents:
20. The Gaullist System in Asia : The Constitution of Sri Lanka A. Jeyaratnam Wilson. 21. Constitutional Reform in Argentina / Council for the Consolidation of Democracy. 22. Dual leadership in the Contemporary World / Jean Blondel. 23. Report in the 1848 Draft Constitution of Switzerland. 24. A Collegial Executive for Uruguay / Jose Batlle y Ordonez. - Pt. IV. Parliamentarism and Presidentialism in Africa, Asia, and Europe. 25. Report on the Draft Constitution of Nigeria / Constitution Drafting Committee. 26. Fot a Directly Elected President of India / Vasant Sathe. 27. For a Directly Elected Prime Minister in The Netherlands / J.P.A. Gruijters. 28. Direct Election of the Prime Minister / International Forum of the Israel-Diaspora Institute. - Pt. V. Systematic Evidence: Broadly Comparative and Multivariate Analyses. 29. Comparing Democratic Systems / Donal L. Horowitz. 30. The Centrality of Political Culture / Seymour Martin Lipset. 31. The Virtues of Parliamentarism / Juan J. Linz. 32. Presidentialism: A Problematic regime Type / Fred W. Riggs. 33. Contemporary democracies : participation, Stability, and Violence / G. Bingham Powell, Jr. 34. Governing by committee : Collerial Leadership in Advanced Societies / Thomas A. Baylis. - Notes on Contributors. - Guide to Further Reading. - Index.
Introduction. - Pt. I. British Parliamentarism Versus American Presidentialism. 1. Parliamentary Government and Presidential Government / Douglas V. Verney. 2. The Spirit of the Laws / Montesquieu. 3. The Federalist Nos. 47, 48 / James Madison. 4. The Federalist No. 70 / Alexander Hamilton. 5. At the Convention: The Paucity of Models / Robert A. Dahl. 6. The English Constitution: The Cabinet / Walter Bagehot. 7. Committee or Cabinet Government? / Woodrow Wilson. 8. The President and Congress. / Harold J. Laski. 9. A Bicentennial Analysis of the American Political Structure / Committee on the Constitutional System. 10. Leave the Constitution Alone / Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. - Pt. II. Presidentialism in Latin America. 11. The Angostura Address / Simon Bolivar. 12. Efforts Made by Various Latin American Countries to Limit the Power of the President / Harry Kantor. 13. Presidentialism in Latin America / Scott Mainwaring. 14. The Perils of Presidentialism / Juan J. Linz. 15. Ideas and Attempts at Reforming the Presidentialist System of Government in Latin America / Carlos Santiago Nino. 16. Presidentialism and Parliamentarism in Brazil / Bolivar Lamounier. - Pt. III. Semi-Presidentialism and Other Intermediate Forms. 17. The Bayeux Manifesto / Charles de Gaulle. 18. A New Political System Model: Semi-Presidential Government / Maurice Duverger. 19. Cabinet Government in the United States / Woodrow Wilson.
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20. The Gaullist System in Asia : The Constitution of Sri Lanka A. Jeyaratnam Wilson. 21. Constitutional Reform in Argentina / Council for the Consolidation of Democracy. 22. Dual leadership in the Contemporary World / Jean Blondel. 23. Report in the 1848 Draft Constitution of Switzerland. 24. A Collegial Executive for Uruguay / Jose Batlle y Ordonez. - Pt. IV. Parliamentarism and Presidentialism in Africa, Asia, and Europe. 25. Report on the Draft Constitution of Nigeria / Constitution Drafting Committee. 26. Fot a Directly Elected President of India / Vasant Sathe. 27. For a Directly Elected Prime Minister in The Netherlands / J.P.A. Gruijters. 28. Direct Election of the Prime Minister / International Forum of the Israel-Diaspora Institute. - Pt. V. Systematic Evidence: Broadly Comparative and Multivariate Analyses. 29. Comparing Democratic Systems / Donal L. Horowitz. 30. The Centrality of Political Culture / Seymour Martin Lipset. 31. The Virtues of Parliamentarism / Juan J. Linz. 32. Presidentialism: A Problematic regime Type / Fred W. Riggs. 33. Contemporary democracies : participation, Stability, and Violence / G. Bingham Powell, Jr. 34. Governing by committee : Collerial Leadership in Advanced Societies / Thomas A. Baylis. - Notes on Contributors. - Guide to Further Reading. - Index.

Introduction. - Pt. I. British Parliamentarism Versus American Presidentialism. 1. Parliamentary Government and Presidential Government / Douglas V. Verney. 2. The Spirit of the Laws / Montesquieu. 3. The Federalist Nos. 47, 48 / James Madison. 4. The Federalist No. 70 / Alexander Hamilton. 5. At the Convention: The Paucity of Models / Robert A. Dahl. 6. The English Constitution: The Cabinet / Walter Bagehot. 7. Committee or Cabinet Government? / Woodrow Wilson. 8. The President and Congress. / Harold J. Laski. 9. A Bicentennial Analysis of the American Political Structure / Committee on the Constitutional System. 10. Leave the Constitution Alone / Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. - Pt. II. Presidentialism in Latin America. 11. The Angostura Address / Simon Bolivar. 12. Efforts Made by Various Latin American Countries to Limit the Power of the President / Harry Kantor. 13. Presidentialism in Latin America / Scott Mainwaring. 14. The Perils of Presidentialism / Juan J. Linz. 15. Ideas and Attempts at Reforming the Presidentialist System of Government in Latin America / Carlos Santiago Nino. 16. Presidentialism and Parliamentarism in Brazil / Bolivar Lamounier. - Pt. III. Semi-Presidentialism and Other Intermediate Forms. 17. The Bayeux Manifesto / Charles de Gaulle. 18. A New Political System Model: Semi-Presidential Government / Maurice Duverger. 19. Cabinet Government in the United States / Woodrow Wilson.