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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)
ORCID: Samuels, David J.
Shugart, Matthew S.
Venue: Cambridge University Press eBooks
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2010-05-17
DOI: 10.1017/cbo9780511780882
OpenAlex: W4210731391
Cited by: 432
References: 0
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FWCI: 20.53
Type: book
Language: en
Open access: closed
Licence: www.cambridge.org/core/terms (unspecified, 750 d)
Locations: 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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