Title: The Failure of Presidential Democracy: Comparative Perspectives. Volume 1


Author: Juan J. Linz and Arturo Valenzuela (editors)
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Place: Baltimore, MD, USA
Year: 1994
Language: english

CONTENTS

Preface

Part I: Introduction

1. Presidential or Parliamentary Democracy: Does It Make a Difference?
Juan j. Linz


Part II: Theoretical Perspectives and the Semipresidential Case of France

2. Presidentialism and Majoritarian Democracy: Theoretical Observations
Arend Lijphart

3. Neither Presidentialism nor Parliamentarism
Giovanni Sartori

4. Presidentialism and Parliamentarism in Comparative Perspective
Alfred Stepan and Cindy Skach

5. Presidentialism and Political Stability in France
Ezra N. Suleiman

Notes on Contributors