The Failure of Presidential Democracy
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The Failure of Presidential Democracy is a seminal comparative politics work that critiques presidential systems and argues they are more prone to instability and democratic breakdown than parliamentary systems.
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| instanceOf |
academic work
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book ⓘ comparative politics study ⓘ |
| academicDiscipline | political science ⓘ |
| addresses |
causes of democratic breakdown
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institutional sources of political crisis ⓘ |
| argues |
dual democratic legitimacy in presidentialism can create institutional conflict
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fixed presidential terms can exacerbate political crises ⓘ parliamentary systems provide more flexible mechanisms for government replacement ⓘ presidential systems are more prone to democratic breakdown than parliamentary systems ⓘ presidential systems are more prone to instability than parliamentary systems ⓘ winner-take-all logic of presidential elections increases polarization ⓘ |
| author |
Arturo Valenzuela
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Juan J. Linz NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| compares | presidential systems and parliamentary systems ⓘ |
| conclusion | parliamentary systems are generally more conducive to stable democracy than presidential systems ⓘ |
| critiques |
concentration of executive power in presidents
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fixed-term presidential elections ⓘ presidentialism as a form of democratic government ⓘ |
| emphasizes | importance of institutional design for democratic survival ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
comparative politics
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political science ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
constitutional design
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executive–legislative relations ⓘ political institutions ⓘ |
| genre |
non-fiction
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political science literature ⓘ |
| hasPerspective |
critical of presidential democracy
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favorable to parliamentary democracy ⓘ |
| influenced |
debates on constitutional design in new democracies
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scholarship on regime stability ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainTopic |
democratic breakdown
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democratic stability ⓘ parliamentarism ⓘ presidentialism ⓘ |
| notableFor |
comparative analysis of regime types
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systematic critique of presidential democracy ⓘ |
| subfield | comparative politics ⓘ |
| targetAudience |
constitutional designers
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political scientists ⓘ students of comparative politics ⓘ |
| theoreticalApproach | institutionalism ⓘ |
| usesCaseStudiesFrom |
Europe
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Latin America NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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