LEADER 03956nam 2200577Ia 450 001 9910778179103321 005 20230124211611.0 010 $a0-674-04235-2 024 7 $a10.4159/9780674042353 035 $a(CKB)1000000000787097 035 $a(StDuBDS)AH21620466 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000129649 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11131670 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000129649 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10080297 035 $a(PQKB)10125665 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3300296 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10314308 035 $a(OCoLC)923110351 035 $a(DE-B1597)574350 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780674042353 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3300296 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000787097 100 $a19820216d1982 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aContemporary democracies $eparticipation, stability, and violence /$fG. Bingham Powell, Jr 210 1$aCambridge, Mass. :$cHarvard University Press,$d1982. 215 $a1 online resource (294 pages) $c37 tables 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 0 $a0-674-16686-8 311 0 $a0-674-16687-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $a1. Introduction--Democracy, Parties, and Performance The Contemporary Democracies Political Parties and the Democratic Order Standards of Political Performance 2. Political Performance--The Initial Comparison Citizen Voting Participation Stable and Effective Government Maintaining Political Order Compatibility of the Performance Dimensions 3. The Social and Economic Environment Population Size Modernization and Economic Development Social Cleavages Economic Divisions A Brief Multivariate Consideration 4. The Constitutional Setting Constitutional Design Constitutional Design and Political Performance Constitution and Culture Socioeconomic and Constitutional Effects 5. Party Systems and Election Outcomes Attributes of Party Systems Fractionalization Parties and Social Groups Extremist Parties Volatility of Party Strength Party-System Dynamics Party Systems and Democratic Performance 6. Citizen Involvement I Participation or Turmoil Getting Citizens to the Polls A Causal Model of Voting Participation Turmoil and Its Containment 7. Government Performance / Executive Stability Parliamentary Systems: Government Formation Parliamentary Systems: Durability of Governments Presidential Government 8. Managing Violence and Sustaining Democracy Elite Bases of Deadly Violence Organized Violence: Strategic Objectives and Consequences How Democracies Are Replaced: Military and Executive Coups 9. Democratic Performance--Liberty, Competition, Responsiveness Civil Liberties Political Competition Policy Responsiveness 10. Conclusion--Constraint and Creativity in Democracies Relationships among the Dimensions of Performance Executive Control and Economic Manipulation Institutionalizing Compromise: Consociational Practices Requirements for Performance and Survival Comparative Analysis: Limits and Directions Appendix Notes Index 330 $aWhy do some democracies succeed while others fail? In seeking an answer to this classic problem, G. Bingham Powell, Jr., examines the record of voter participation, government stability, and violence in 29 democracies during the 1960s and 1970s. The core of the book and its most distinguishing feature is the treatment of the role of political parties in mobilizing citizens and containing violence. 606 $aComparative government 606 $aDemocracy 615 0$aComparative government. 615 0$aDemocracy. 676 $a321.8 700 $aPowell$b G. Bingham$0143518 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910778179103321 996 $aContemporary democracies$93671656 997 $aUNINA