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The Failure of Presidential Democracy

Paperback • 1994 • English

The Failure of Presidential Democracy

By Juan Linz, Arturo Valenzuela

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Citizens of the United States, heirs to two centuries of democratic government, tend to believe that presidentialism - rather than parliamentarism - is the political system that best ensures a stable democracy. In Latin America, however, where many governments have been modelled on that of the United States, presidentialism has had mixed success. In "The Failure of Presidential Democracy", Juan Linz and Arturo Valenzuela bring together leading scholars to examine the question of whether presiden...Show more

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9780801846403

Published year

1994

Language

English

Original title

The Failure of Presidential Democracy

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Paperback

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