Patterns of Democracy

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Patterns of Democracy is a comparative politics book by Arend Lijphart that systematically analyzes and contrasts different democratic systems around the world, especially majoritarian and consensus models.

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instanceOf book
comparative politics book
analyzes bicameralism
central bank independence
constitutional review
electoral systems
federalism
parliamentary systems
party systems
presidential systems
argues consensus democracies perform better on several indicators
author Arend Lijphart NERFINISHED
compares consensus model of democracy
majoritarian model of democracy
comparesNumberOfCases more than 30 democracies
countryOfOrigin Netherlands
evaluates democratic performance
policy outcomes in democracies
fieldOfStudy comparative government
political science
focusesOn comparative analysis of democratic institutions
institutional design of democracies
genre comparative politics
political science
hasKeyConcept coalition government
consensus model
interest group corporatism
majoritarian model
pluralism
power-sharing
proportional representation
single-party majority government
influenced debates on electoral system reform
research on democratic institutional design
introducesConcept executives-parties dimension
federal-unitary dimension
language English
mainSubject consensus democracy
democracy
democratic systems
majoritarian democracy
proposes two-dimensional typology of democracies
publisher Yale University Press NERFINISHED
timePeriodCovered 20th century democracies
usedIn university political science courses

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Arend Lijphart notableWork Patterns of Democracy