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Presidents with Prime Ministers: Do Direct Elections Matter?
Tavits, Margit (Assistant Professor, Washington University, St. Louis.)
Presidents with Prime Ministers: Do Direct Elections Matter?
Tavits, Margit (Assistant Professor, Washington University, St. Louis.)
Using both quantitative and qualitative empirical evidence from democratic systems across the world, this book demonstrates that compared to indirect selection methods, direct elections do not yield more active and contentious presidents, do not polarize political elites or society, and do not remedy political apathy.
288 pages, numerous tables, 6 figures
Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
Released | November 13, 2008 |
ISBN13 | 9780199553327 |
Publishers | Oxford University Press |
Pages | 284 |
Dimensions | 156 × 233 × 17 mm · 659 g (Weight (estimated)) |