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The presidentialization of politics, a comparative study of modern democracies, edited by Thomas Poguntke and Paul Webb

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The presidentialization of politics, a comparative study of modern democracies, edited by Thomas Poguntke and Paul Webb
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographicale references and index
Index
index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
The presidentialization of politics
Nature of contents
bibliography
Responsibility statement
edited by Thomas Poguntke and Paul Webb
Series statement
Comparative politics
Sub title
a comparative study of modern democracies
Table Of Contents
1. The presidentialization of politics in democratic societies : a framework for analysis / Thomas Poguntke and Paul Webb -- 2. The British prime minister : much more than 'first among equals' / Richard Heffernan and Paul Webb -- 3. A presidentializing party state? : the Federal Republic of Germany / Thomas Poguntke -- 4. Presidentialization, Italian style / Mauro Calise -- 5. The presidentialization of Spanish democracy : sources of prime ministerial power in post-Franco Spain / Ingrid van Biezen and Jonathan Hopkin -- 6. The Low Countries : from 'prime minister' to president minister / Stefaan Fiers and Andr Krouwel -- 7. Denmark : presidentialization in a consensual democracy / Karina Pedersen and Tim Knudsen -- 8. 'President persson' : how did Sweden get him? / Nicholas Aylott -- 9. Canada : executive dominance and presidentialization / Herman Bakvis and Steven B. Wolinetz -- 10. Dyarchic presidentialization in a presidentialized polity : the French Fifth Republic / Ben Clift -- 11. Finland : let the force be with the leader, but who is the leader? / Heikki Paloheimo -- 12. The presidentialization of Portuguese democracy? / Marina Costa Lobo -- 13. The failure of presidential parliamentarism : constitutional versus structural presidentialization in Israel's parliamentary democracy / Reuven Y. Hazan -- 14. The semi-sovereign American prince : the dilemma of an independent president in a presidential government / Sergio Fabbrini -- 15. The presidentialization of contemporary democratic politics : evidence, causes, and consequences / Paul Webb and Thomas Poguntke
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