Patterns of Democracy: Government Forms and Performance in Thirty-six Countries

by Arend Lijphart

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Examining 36 democracies from 1945 to 1996, this text arrives at important - and unexpected - conclusions about what type of democracy works best. It demonstrates that consensual systems stimulate economic growth, control inflation and unemployment, and limit budget deficits.
  • ISBN10 0300078943
  • ISBN13 9780300078947
  • Publish Date 11 July 1999
  • Publish Status Out of Print
  • Out of Print 5 November 2006
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint Yale University Press
  • Format Hardcover
  • Pages 362
  • Language English