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Comparative Constitutional Engineering: An Inquiry Into Structures, Incentives, and Outcomes

Comparative Constitutional Engineering: An Inquiry Into Structures, Incentives, and Outcomes

Sartori, Giovanni

Hardcover

General LawGeneral Political Science

ISBN10: 0814779743
ISBN13: 9780814779743
Publisher: New York Univ Pr
Published: Oct 1 1994
Pages: 229
Weight: 0.92
Height: 0.69 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English

A major political scientist provides a pathbreaking comparative study into state-building

The second edition of this pathbreaking, highly innovative comparative study in state-building by a major political scientist is a fully updated examination of the problems of making democratic government work.

Sartori begins by assessing electoral systems. He attacks the conventional wisdom that their influence cannot be predicted and also disputes the view that proportional representation is always best and will deliver 'consensus democracy'. He argues that the double-ballot formulas deserve more consideration for their ability to facilitate governability in adverse circumstances.

His comparative assessment of presidential and semi-presidential systems and the variety of formulas that are categorized, sometimes misleadingly, as parliamentary, looks at the conditions that allow a political form to perform as intended.

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