02035nam a2200253 a 4500001001400000003000700014005001700021008004100038020002600079020002900105020002200134020002500156020002300181020002600204040000800230100002100238245010600259260003800365300003200403500005100435505119700486650001501683856008301698vtls000027781KUKTEM20251117145552.0080512s2007    nyua     b    001 0 eng    a0415772672 (hardback)  a9780415772679 (hardback)  a0415772680 (pbk.)  a9780415772686 (pbk.)  a0203934687 (ebook)  a9780203934685 (ebook)  aUMP1 aLijphart, Arend.10aThinking about democracy :bpower sharing and majority rule in theory and practice /cArend Lijphart.  aNew York, NY :bRoutledge,c2007.  ax, 306 p. :bill. ;c24 cm.  aIncludes bibliographical references and index.0 aIntroduction : developments in power-sharing theory -- Consociational democracy (1969) -- The puzzle of indian democracy : a consociational interpretation (1996) -- Self-determination versus pre-determination of ethnic minorities in power-sharing systems (1991) -- Constitutional design for divided societies (2004) -- The quality of democracy : consensus democracy makes a difference (1999) -- Majority rule in theory and practice : the tenacity of a flawed paradigm (1991) -- Back to democratic basics : who really practices majority rule? (1997) -- Presidentialism and majoritarian democracy : theoretical observations (1994) -- Europe, the European union, and democracy (2002) -- Constitutional choices for new democracies (1991) -- Double-checking the evidence (1991) -- The alternative vote : a realistic alternative for South Africa? (1991) -- Five exemplary devices for electoral reform (1994) -- Unequal participation : democracy's unresolved dilemma (1997) -- Types of democracy and generosity with foreign aid : an indirect test of the democratic peace proposition (1999) -- Comparative politics and the comparative method (1971) -- Conclusion : power-sharing, evidence, and logic. 0aDemocracy.413Table of contents onlyuhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0714/2007012804.html