Margit Tavits

Presidents with Prime Ministers

Do Direct Elections Matter?

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Using both quantitative and qualitative empirical evidence from democratic systems across the world, this book demonstrates that compared to indirect selection methods, direct elections do not yield more active and contentious presidents, do not polarize political elites or society, and do not remedy political apathy.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 284
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Januar 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 155mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 567g
• ISBN-13: 9780199553327
• ISBN-10: 0199553327
• Artikelnr.: 24764459

Autorenporträt

Margit Tavits is assistant professor in political science at Washington University in St. Louis. She specializes in the comparative politics of institutions, political parties and elections. Her work has appeared in journals such as the American Journal of Political Science, British Journal of Political Science, Comparative Political Studies, European Journal of Political Research and others.

Inhaltsangabe

1: Introduction: Rationale, Questions, Methods
2: Direct Elections or Political Opportunities? Explaining Presidential Activism
3: The Activism of Indirectly and Directly Elected Presidents
4: To Elect or To Select?
5: The Nature of Presidential Elections
6: Decrease of Political Disillusionment and Apathy?
7: Conclusions