Book of Donmon Teith

The study of political institutions is among the founding pillars of political science. With the rise of the 'new institutionalism', the study of institutions h

Indhold: The Foundations of American Government; Federalism American Style; Elections in the United States; The American Party System; The Chief Executive; The

Often dismissed as window-dressing, nominally democratic institutions, such as legislatures and political parties, play an important role in non-democratic regi

The essays in this volume employ the insights and techniques of political science, economics and history to provide a fresh answer to this question.

Political scientists have long classified systems of government as parliamentary or presidential, two-party or multiparty, and so on. But such distinctions ofte