Read more
Klappentext In this major new work! leading experts come together to examine the changing role of political parties and political leadership in fourteen modern democracies. As well as examining cross-national differences! The Presidentialization of Politics analyses how modern democracies areincreasingly following a presidential logic of governance! through which leadership is becoming more central and more powerful! but also increasingly dependent on successful appeal to the mass public. Zusammenfassung Leading experts come together to examine the changing role of political parties and political leadership in fourteen modern democracies. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1: Thomas Poguntke and Paul Webb: The Presidentialization of Politics in Democratic Societies: A Framework for Analysis The Presidentialization of Democracy in Democratic Societies 2: Richard Heffernan and Paul Webb: The British Prime Minister: Much More Than 'First Among Equals' 3: Thomas Poguntke: A Presidentializing Party State? The Federal Republic of Germany 4: Mauro Calise: Presidentialization, Italian Style 5: Ingrid van Biezen and Jonathan Hopkin: The Presidentialization of Spanish Democracy: Sources of Prime Ministerial Power in Post-Franco Spain 6: Stefaan Fiers and Andre¿ Krouwel: The Low Countries: From 'Prime Minister' to President-Minister 7: Karina Pedersen and Tim Knudsen: Denmark: Presidentialization in a Consensual Democracy 8: Nicholas Aylott: 'President Persson' How Did Sweden Get Him? 9: Herman Bakvis and Steven B. Wolinetz: Canada: Executive Dominance and Presidentialization 10: Ben Clift: Dyarchic Presidentialization in a Presidentialized Polity: The French Fifth Republic 11: Heikki Paloheimo: Finland: Let the Force Be with the Leader. But Who Is the Leader? 12: Marina Costa Lobo: The Presidentialization of Portuguese Democracy? 13: Reuven Y. Hazan: The Failure of Presidential Parliamentarism: Constitutional versus Structural Presidentialization in Israel's Parliamentary Democracy 14: Sergio Fabbrini: The Semi-Sovereign American Prince: The Dilemma of an Independent President in a Presidential Government 15: Paul Webb and Thomas Poguntke: The Presidentialization of Contemporary Democratic Politics: Evidence, Causes, and Consequences Index ...
