Democracy And Institutions
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Democracy And Institutions
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Author : Markus M. L. Crepaz
language : en
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Release Date : 2000-06-16
Democracy And Institutions written by Markus M. L. Crepaz and has been published by University of Michigan Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000-06-16 with Political Science categories.
How institutional engineering affects the life of democracies
The Character Of Democracy
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Author : Richard A. Clucas
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Release Date : 2014
The Character Of Democracy written by Richard A. Clucas and has been published by Oxford University Press, USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014 with Political Science categories.
The Character of Democracy: How Institutions Shape Politics offers a uniquely comprehensive overview of the major democratic institutions found around the world, including electoral systems, party systems, presidential and parliamentary governments, legislatures, federalism, and constitutional courts. The authors first present five broad categories of democratic ideals that reflect the consent of the governed--meaningful elections, fair representation, accountability, majority rule and minority rights, and the functionality of the state--and then explain how well different institutional designs live up to these democratic ideals. For each institution, they provide an in-depth treatment of its related literature, describe variations in how it is structured around the world, and explain why these variations are important to how democratic political systems work. Case studies of the political structures found in Brazil, Germany, Japan, South Africa, the United Kingdom, and the United States illustrate how differences in institutional design affect democratic government. Taking an analytical and scholarly approach that does not advocate any particular democratic design, The Character of Democracy is ideal for advanced courses in comparative politics and/or democratic institutions.
Can Democracy Be Designed
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Author : Sunil Bastian
language : en
Publisher: Zed Books
Release Date : 2003-06
Can Democracy Be Designed written by Sunil Bastian and has been published by Zed Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-06 with Political Science categories.
Constitution-making for democracy has always been a highly political and contested process. It has never been more ambitious, or more difficult, than today as politicians and experts attempt to build democratic institutions that will foster peace and stability in countries torn by violent conflict. The extended investigation out of which this book has grown has ranged across three continents. It has examined such apparently intractable cases as Bosnia-Herzegovina, Sri Lanka and Fiji, as well as apparent 'success stories' like South Africa, Ghana and Uganda. Three groups of questions are explored: * How and by whom were democratic institutions (re)designed? * How have they functioned in practice: what has been the relationship between democratic institutions and democratic politics? * How have they measured up to the pressures placed on them by ongoing violence, poverty, globalization and democratization itself? The authors, while regarding democracy as a general entitlement, refuse to subscribe to a triumphalist view which sees it as a universal panacea. Instead they seek to understand how democratic institutions actually facilitate (or sometimes fail to facilitate) improved governance and the management of conflict in a variety of national settings. This thoughtful and empirical set of explorations is highly relevant to other societies wrestling with similar problems of institutional design in situations of democratic transition and/or deep-seated social conflict.
State Institutions And Democracy
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Author : Norman Schofield
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2016-10-25
State Institutions And Democracy written by Norman Schofield and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-10-25 with Business & Economics categories.
This book presents a set of original and innovative contributions on state, institutions and democracy in the field of political economy. Modern political economy has implied the interaction between politics and economics to understand political, electoral and public issues in different nations, and in this volume a group of leading political economists and political scientists from Europe, America and Asia provides theoretical advances, modelling and case studies on main topics in political economy. The analysis of the role and performance of politics and democracy in diverse nations implies the study of the organization of the state, lobbying, political participation, public policies, electoral politics, public administration and the provision of public services. This book provides advances in the research frontier of these topics and combines historical evidence, institutional analysis, mathematical models and empirical analysis in an interdisciplinary approach. Political and social scientists, economists and those interested in the performance of states, democracy and elections can find new research results in this volume.
Democratic Institutions In The World Today
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Author : Werner Burmeister
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2013-05
Democratic Institutions In The World Today written by Werner Burmeister and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-05 with categories.
Contributing Authors Include Werner Bermeister, Richard H. Pear, Bernard Lewis, Roland Oliver, And Hugh Tinker.
Political Institutions Democracy And Social Choice
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Author : Josep H. Colomer
language : en
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Release Date : 2001-02-01
Political Institutions Democracy And Social Choice written by Josep H. Colomer and has been published by OUP Oxford this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001-02-01 with Political Science categories.
This ground-breaking book examines the relationship between the complexity of political institutions and the stability of socially effective outcomes in more than 40 countries. - ;The role of institutions is to establish the domains of public activity and the rules to select leaders. Democratic regimes organized in simple institutional frameworks to foster the concentration of power and alternative successive absolute winners and losers. They favour political satisfaction of relatively small groups, as well as policy instability. In contrast, pluralistic institutions produce multiple winners, including multiparty co-operation and agreements. They favour stable, moderate, and consensual policies that can satisfy large groups' interests on a great number of issues. The more complex the political institutions, the more stable and socially efficient the outcome will be. This book develops an extensive analysis of this relationship. It explores concepts, questions and insights based on social choice theory, while empirical focus is cast on more than 40 democratic countries and a few international organizations from late medieval times to the present. The book argues that pluralistic democratic institutions are better than simple formulas for their higher capacity of producing socially satisfactory results. -
Democratic Institution Performance
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Author : Edward R. McMahon
language : en
Publisher: Praeger
Release Date : 2002-12-30
Democratic Institution Performance written by Edward R. McMahon and has been published by Praeger this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002-12-30 with Political Science categories.
How do nations make successful transitions to democracies? Our understanding of how democracy functions—and under what circumstances it can be consolidated and strengthened—remains highly uneven. Recent events underscore the critical importance of expanding our understanding of democratic institutions and operations. Here McMahon and his distinguished contributors demonstrate how the dynamic process of democratization is shaped by the specific contexts in which it occurs; how the internal community plays a key role in the development of democracy; and how the ability to understand democratization requires both internal and external perspectives. The contributors seek to improve the definitions of what constitutes a democracy and to determine how the effectiveness of democratic institutions might best be judged in order to better serve the analysis of and policy approaches to building democratic institutions. With fewer overtly authoritarian states in the post-Cold War world, a wealth of raw information and experience has begun to accumulate. Our understanding of democratic institutional performance requires us to look closely at the performance of the institutions themselves. The book contains chapters on public opinion, civil society, domestic institutions of governance, elections, globalization, international standards of democratic development, international assistance and academic research. A concluding chapter summarizes what democratization processes can teach us about democracy in a broader context.
Building Democratic Institutions
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Author : G. Shabbir Cheema
language : en
Publisher: Kumarian Press
Release Date : 2005
Building Democratic Institutions written by G. Shabbir Cheema and has been published by Kumarian Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Political Science categories.
Annotation Bridges the gap between theoretical literature and the tools and practices needed to strengthen or rebuild democratic institutions and reform governance systems. Through case studies and examples of good practices of governance, Cheema assesses the conditions that make democracy work.
Building Democratic Institutions
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Author :
language : en
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Release Date : 1995
Building Democratic Institutions written by and has been published by Stanford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995 with categories.
"Third, the authors investigate the relationship between major parties and the state, revealing the extent to which parties are dependent on state resources to maintain power and win votes. Fourth, the contributions assess the importance of different electoral regimes for shaping broader patterns of party competition. Finally, and most important, the authors characterize the nature of the party system in each country - how institutionalized it is and how it can be classified."--BOOK JACKET.
Designing Democratic Institutions
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Author : Sterling Professor of Political Science and Henry R Luce Director of the MacMillan Center for International and Area Studies Ian Shapiro
language : en
Publisher: NYU Press
Release Date : 2000-10
Designing Democratic Institutions written by Sterling Professor of Political Science and Henry R Luce Director of the MacMillan Center for International and Area Studies Ian Shapiro and has been published by NYU Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000-10 with Political Science categories.
Political scientists and economists, most American, met in San Francisco in January 1998 for the annual meeting of the American Society for Political and Legal Philosophy. They pondered how, in light of new democracies throughout the world over the previous decade, democratic institutions can be better crafted to avoid some of the disillusionment that invariably follows the initial flush of enthusiasm. The 12 papers that emerged cover deliberation, decision, and enforcement; democracy beyond the nation state; and whether there are limits to institutional design. Annotation copyrighted by Book News Inc., Portland, OR