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Online-Ressource (294 p)
ISBN:
9780674166875
Inhalt:
Intro -- Contents -- 1 Introduction / Democracy, Parties, and Performance -- The Contemporary Democracies -- Political Parties and the Democratic Order -- Standards of Political Performance -- 2 Political Performance / The Initial Comparison -- Citizen Voting Participation -- Stable and Effective Government -- Maintaining Political Order -- Compatibility of the Performance Dimensions -- 3 The Social and Economic Environment -- Population Size -- Modernization and Economic Development -- Social Cleavages -- Economic Divisions -- A Brief Multivariate Consideration -- 4 The Constitutional Setting -- Constitutional Design -- Constitutional Design and Political Performance -- Constitution and Culture -- Socioeconomic and Constitutional Effects -- 5 Party Systems and Election Outcomes -- Attributes of Party Systems -- Fractionalization -- Parties and Social Groups -- Extremist Parties -- Volatility of Party Strength -- Party-System Dynamics -- Party Systems and Democratic Performance -- 6 Citizen Involvement / Participation or Turmoil -- Getting Citizens to the Polls -- A Causal Model of Voting Participation -- Turmoil and Its Containment -- 7 Government Performance / Executive Stability -- Parliamentary Systems: Government Formation -- Parliamentary Systems: Durability of Governments -- Presidential Government -- 8 Managing Violence and Sustaining Democracy -- Elite Bases of Deadly Violence -- Organized Violence: Strategic Objectives and Consequences -- How Democracies Are Replaced: Military and Executive Coups -- 9 Democratic Performance / Liberty, Competition, Responsiveness -- Civil Liberties -- Political Competition -- Policy Responsiveness -- 10 Conclusion / Constraint and Creativity in Democracies -- Relationships among the Dimensions of Performance -- Executive Control and Economic Manipulation.
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Description based upon print version of record
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""Contents""; ""1 Introduction / Democracy, Parties, and Performance""; ""The Contemporary Democracies""; ""Political Parties and the Democratic Order""; ""Standards of Political Performance""; ""2 Political Performance / The Initial Comparison""; ""Citizen Voting Participation""; ""Stable and Effective Government""; ""Maintaining Political Order""; ""Compatibility of the Performance Dimensions""; ""3 The Social and Economic Environment""; ""Population Size""; ""Modernization and Economic Development""; ""Social Cleavages""; ""Economic Divisions""; ""A Brief Multivariate Consideration""
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""4 The Constitutional Setting""""Constitutional Design""; ""Constitutional Design and Political Performance""; ""Constitution and Culture""; ""Socioeconomic and Constitutional Effects""; ""5 Party Systems and Election Outcomes""; ""Attributes of Party Systems""; ""Fractionalization""; ""Parties and Social Groups""; ""Extremist Parties""; ""Volatility of Party Strength""; ""Party-System Dynamics""; ""Party Systems and Democratic Performance""; ""6 Citizen Involvement / Participation or Turmoil""; ""Getting Citizens to the Polls""; ""A Causal Model of Voting Participation""
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""Turmoil and Its Containment""""7 Government Performance / Executive Stability""; ""Parliamentary Systems: Government Formation""; ""Parliamentary Systems: Durability of Governments""; ""Presidential Government""; ""8 Managing Violence and Sustaining Democracy""; ""Elite Bases of Deadly Violence""; ""Organized Violence: Strategic Objectives and Consequences""; ""How Democracies Are Replaced: Military and Executive Coups""; ""9 Democratic Performance / Liberty, Competition, Responsiveness""; ""Civil Liberties""; ""Political Competition""; ""Policy Responsiveness""
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""10 Conclusion / Constraint and Creativity in Democracies""""Relationships among the Dimensions of Performance""; ""Executive Control and Economic Manipulation""; ""Institutionalizing Compromise: Consociational Practices""; ""Requirements for Performance and Survival""; ""Comparative Analysis: Limits and Directions""; ""Appendix""; ""Notes""; ""Index""
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9780674042353
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9780674166875
Weitere Ausg.:
Print version Contemporary Democracies : Participation, Stability, and Violence
Sprache:
Englisch
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Electronic books
