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Parliamentary Democracy

Democratization, Destabilization, Reconsolidation, 1789-1999

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  • © 2000

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Authors:
  1. Klaus Beyme

    1. University of Heidelberg, Germany

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Part of the book series: Advances in Political Science (ADPOSC)

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
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  2. Introduction

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    Pages 1-3

  3. Parliamentary Government: the Rise of a Concept

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    Pages 4-15

  4. The Parliamentarisation of Representative Governments

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    Pages 16-37

  5. The Organisational Basis of Parliamentary Sovereignty

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    Pages 38-71

  6. Functions of Parliaments

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    Pages 72-107

  7. The Role of the Head of State in Relation to Parliament and Government

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    Pages 108-148

  8. The Government and Parliamentary Majority

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    Pages 149-197

  9. Conclusion

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    Pages 198-216

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 217-248
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About this book

Parliamentary Democracy provides a comparative study of the parliamentary regimes since 1789. The book covers the road to parliamentarization of former constitutional monarchies and the creation of parliamentary regimes by exercising the constitution-making power of the people. What has been called democratization in most of the 'transitology' literature was until 1918 mostly only 'parliamentarization'. Democratization of the regimes frequently caused a certain destabilization of the parliamentary regimes by new parties and extremist movement entering the political arena. This is the first book to cover the entire range of parliamentary systems, including the semi-presidential systems.

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'This is a highly useful addition to the literature on parliaments...' - American Political Science Review

'...one of the richest works on the topic of parliamentary democracy...an interesting, well-written and valuable book...' - International Politics

Authors and Affiliations

  • University of Heidelberg, Germany

    Klaus Beyme

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KLAUS VON BEYME is Professor at the Institute of Political Science, University of Heidelberg.

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