The presidentialization of politics a comparative study of modern democracies

Leading experts examine and compare the changing role of political parties and their leadership in 14 modern democracies. It is shown how they are increasingly following a presidential logic of governance, through which leadership is becoming more central and more powerful, but also increasingly dep...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Poguntke, Thomas
Other Authors: Webb, Paul
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford Oxford University Press 2005, 2005
Series:Comparative politics / Comparative politics
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Collection: Oxford University Press - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary:Leading experts examine and compare the changing role of political parties and their leadership in 14 modern democracies. It is shown how they are increasingly following a presidential logic of governance, through which leadership is becoming more central and more powerful, but also increasingly dependent on appeal to the mass public
Physical Description:xv, 361 p. ill
ISBN:9780191602375
019160237X