Tavits, Margit.

Presidents with prime ministers : do direct elections matter? / Margit Tavits. - Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009. - x, 273 p. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 244-265) and index.

Introduction : rationale, questions, methods -- Direct elections or political opportunities? Explaining presidential activism -- The activism of indirectly and directly elected presidents -- To elect or to select? -- The nature of presidential elections -- Decrease of political disillusionment and apathy? -- Conclusions.

9780199553327 (acidfree paper)

2008031130


Elections--Cross-cultural studies.
Voting--Cross-cultural studies.
Direct election--Cross-cultural studies.
Presidents--Election--Cross-cultural studies.

JF1001 / .T38 2009

324.6

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