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PublisherCambridge University Press
ISBN-100521689686
ISBN-139780521689687
eBay Product ID (ePID)110805744
Product Key Features
Number of Pages310 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NamePresidents, Parties, and Prime Ministers : How the Separation of Powers Affects Party Organization and Behavior
Publication Year2010
SubjectHistory & Theory, General, Presidents & Heads of State, Political Process / Political Parties, Political Ideologies / Democracy
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaPolitical Science, Biography & Autobiography
AuthorDavid J. Samuels, Matthew S. Shugart
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.7 in
Item Weight14.8 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN2009-038313
Dewey Edition22
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal324.2/1
Table Of Content1. Introduction; 2. Political parties in the Neo-Madisonian theoretical framework; 3. Insiders and outsiders: Madison's dilemma and leadership selection; 4. Constitutional design and intra-party leadership accountability; 5. Electoral separation of purpose within political parties; 6. The impact of constitutional change on party organization and behavior; 7. Parties' 'presidential dilemmas' in Brazil and Mexico; 8. Presidents, prime ministers, and mandate representation; 9. Conclusion.
SynopsisThis book provides a framework for analyzing the impact of the separation of powers on party politics. Conventional political science wisdom assumes that democracy is impossible without political parties, because parties fulfill all the key functions of democratic governance. They nominate candidates, coordinate campaigns, aggregate interests, formulate and implement policy, and manage government power. When scholars first asserted the essential connection between parties and democracy, most of the world's democracies were parliamentary. Yet by the dawn of the twenty-first century, most democracies had directly elected presidents. Given this, if parties are truly critical to democracy, then a systematic understanding of how the separation of powers shapes parties is long overdue. David J. Samuels and Matthew S. Shugart provide a theoretical framework for analyzing variation in the relationships among presidents, parties, and prime ministers across the world's democracies, revealing the important ways that the separation of powers alters party organization and behavior - thereby changing the nature of democratic representation and accountability., This book provides a framework for analyzing the impact of the separation of powers on party politics. Conventional political science wisdom assumes that democracy is impossible without political parties, because parties fulfil all the key functions of democratic governance. They nominate candidates, coordinate campaigns, aggregate interests, formulate and implement policy, and manage government power. When scholars first asserted the essential connection between parties and democracy, most of the world's democracies were parliamentary. Yet by the dawn of the twenty-first century, most democracies had directly elected presidents. David J. Samuels and Matthew S. Shugart provide a theoretical framework for analyzing variation in the relationships among presidents, parties, and prime ministers across the world's democracies, revealing the important ways that the separation of powers alters party organization and behavior - thereby changing the nature of democratic representation and accountability., Samuels and Shugart provide an analysis of the way that the separation of powers shapes parties' relationships with their leaders - either directly elected presidents or appointed prime ministers. Their work provides the first systematic study of how democratic constitutional design shapes the balance of power between executives and their parties.
LC Classification NumberJF229.S26 2010
