Title: Crafting constitutional democracies : the politics of institutional design /
Authors: Schneier, Edward V.
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield,
Year: 2006
Subjects: Comparative government.; Constitutional history.; Democracy
Contents: Constitutions, democracy, and good government -- The origins of constitutions -- Comparing constitutions -- The scope of constitutional regimes -- Conflict and consensus : the civic culture of democracies -- Matching cultures and regimes : elites, pluralism, and electoral systems -- Bureaucracy and democracy -- Chief executives -- Legislatures -- Federalism and decentralization -- Courts and the legal system -- Constitutional change.