Presidents with prime ministers
Subtitle: do direct elections matter?
By: Margit Tavits.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 273
ISBN-13: 9780199553327
Subjects: Elections -- Cross-cultural studies; Voting -- Cross-cultural studies; Direct election -- Cross-cultural studies; Presidents -- Election -- Cross-cultural studies
Genres: Cross-cultural studies.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : rationale, questions, methods; title: Direct elections or political opportunities? Explaining presidential activism; title: The activism of indirectly and directly elected presidents; title: To elect or to select?; title: The nature of presidential elections; title: Decrease of political disillusionment and apathy?; title: Conclusions.