Models of Democracy and Political Institutions: Systems of Government

Readings:

Lijphart, A. (2012), Patterns of Democracy: Government Forms and Performance in Thirty-Six Countries, Yale, Yale University Press (chap. 7; pp. 105-129).

Texts for Presentation and commentary:

Elgie, R. (2007) Varieties of semi-presidentialism and their impact on nascent democracies. Taiwan Journal of Democracy, 3 (2). pp. 53-71

Linz, J. J. (1990a), The perils of presidentialism. Journal of Democracy, 1(1), 51-69.

Linz, J. J. (1990b), The virtues of parliamentarism. Journal of Democracy, 1(4), 84-91.

Majoritarian and Consensual Models of Democracy

Readings:

Lijphart, A. (2012), Patterns of Democracy: Government Forms and Performance in Thirty-Six Countries, Yale, Yale University Press (chaps. 2 & 3; pp. 9-45).

Majoritarian and Consensual Models of Democracy

Readings:

Lijphart, A. (2012), Patterns of Democracy: Government Forms and Performance in Thirty-Six Countries, Yale, Yale University Press (chaps. 2 & 3; pp. 9-45).

Course Presentation. Organization of groups and distribution of texts to be presented in class.

Course Presentation. Organization of groups and distribution of texts to be presented in class.