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Patterns of Democracy: Government Forms and Performance in Thirty-Six Countries

By Arend Lijphart

Book information

Year
1999
ISBN
0300078935, 9780300078930
Open Library ID
OL9759065M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
9 MB (9683093 bytes)
Pages
368\181
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

Examining 36 democracies from 1945 to 1996, this text arrives at important - and unexpected - conclusions about what type of democracy works best. It demonstrates that consensual systems stimulate economic growth, control inflation and unemployment, and limit budget deficits.

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