Constitutional Choices for New Democracies - Arend Lijphart Flashcards

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Two Choices for New Democracies

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Plurality elections vs. Proportional representation

Parliamentary vs. Presidential forms of government

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Ideal government for new democracies

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Proportional representation and parliamentary government

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Plurality elections

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two-party system, one-party government and an executive that is dominant in legislation

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Proportional representation

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multiparty system, coalition government, and more equal executive-legislator relations

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Extreme PR

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no limits to small parties (ex. Netherlands)

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Moderate PR

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minimum threshold for small parties (ex. 5% of vote in Germany)

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2 ways to go from monarchy –> democracy

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1: taking away monarch’s political prerogatives and making their cabinet into a parliament
2: removing the hereditary monarch and replacing them with an elected monarch

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