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Presidents, Parties, and Prime Ministers: How the Separation of Powers Affects Party Organization and Behavior

Samuels, David J., Shugart, Matthew S.·2010·Cambridge University Press eBooks
DOI 10.1017/cbo9780511780882
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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.

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Authors
Samuels, D. J., & Shugart, M. S.
Affiliations
  • University of Minnesota (US)
  • University of California San Diego (US)
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Venue
Cambridge University Press eBooks
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Published
2010-05-17
DOI
10.1017/cbo9780511780882
OpenAlex
W4210731391
Cited by
432
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20.53
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book
Language
en
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closed
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www.cambridge.org/core/terms (unspecified, 750 d)
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Cambridge University Press eBooks (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Political Science and International Relations › Electoral Systems and Political Participation
  • Social Sciences › Political Science and International Relations › Political Theory and Democracy
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Political Conflict and Governance
Keywords
separation of powers, party politics, presidentialism, prime minister, party organization, democratic representation, accountability, party system, parliamentary system, democratic governance

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