Designs for Democratic Stability: Studies in Viable Constitutionalism [Hardcover]

Since the 1980s and the collapse of communist, military, and race-based regimes across the world, the euphoria has given way to the question of how to enhance the viability of democratic constitutional government. This text covers this issue.Since the 1980s and the collapse of communist, military, and race-based regimes across the world, the euphoria has given way to the question of how to enhance the viability of democratic constitutional government. This text covers this issue.Chapter 1 Viable Constitutionalism and Democratic Political Stability, Abdo I. Baaklini; Part 1 Important Characteristics of Presidential and Parliamentary Systems of Government; Chapter 2 The Westminster Model Away from Westminster: Is It Always the Most Appropriate Model?, Gregory S. Mahler; Chapter 3 The U.S. Presidential System as a Model for the World, James L. Sundquist; Chapter 4 Bureaucracy: Control, Responsiveness, Performance, Joel D. Aberbach, Bert A. Rockman; Chapter 5 Bureaucracy and Viable Constitutionalism, Fred W. Riggs; Chapter 6 Legislative Structure and Constitutional Viability in Societies Undergoing Democratic Transition, Abdo I. Baaklini; Part 2 Case Studies in Designing a Viable Constitution; Chapter 7 The Constitution as an Instrument of Political Cohesion in Postcolonial States: The Case of India, 19501993, T. V. Sathyamurthy; Chapter 8 Constitutional Viability and Political Institutions in Turkish Democracy, Ersin Kalaycio?lu; Chapter 9 Can Viable Constitutionalism Take Root in Post-Soviet Russia?, Erik P. Hoffmann; Part 3 Limitations of Constitutionalism; Chapter 10 Democratic Consolidation: Institutional, Economic, and External Dimensions, Diane Ethier; Chapter 11 Globalization and the Residual State: The Challenge to Viable Constitutionalism, Philip G. Cerny;Abdo I. Baaklini, Helen DesfossesUS? 1997 Taylor & Francis.