Yao-Yuan Yeh, Charles K. S. Wu

Presidentialism, Violence, and the Prospect of Democracy (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Presidentialism, Violence, and the Prospect of Democracy tackles the perennial debate about whether presidentialism is associated with democratic breakdown. Yao-Yuan Yeh and Charles K. S. Wu integrate both institutional and behavioral arguments to discuss how institutional rigidity in changing executive power would stimulate citizens to adopt relatively violent means to address their grievances, leading to democratic crises. This book finds presidential democracies are more likely to encounter crises than either parliamentary or semi-presidential systems. However, once a crisis occurs, presidentialism does not trigger a higher likelihood of a breakdown. The conventional wisdom is thus only half correct.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 134
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Februar 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781498524315
• Artikelnr.: 60973718

Autorenporträt

Yao-Yuan Yeh is professor and Fayez Sarofim - Cullen Trust for Higher Education Endowed Chair in International Studies, Department Chair of International Studies & Modern Languages, Department Chair of Political Science, Director of the Master of Diplomacy & Strategic Affairs Program, Director of the Taiwan & East Asia Studies Program, and Director of the Mandarin Center of the Universities of St. Thomas and Wenzao Ursuline at the University of St. Thomas. Dr. Charles Wu is assistant professor in the department of political science and criminal justice at the University of South Alabama.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1: Institutional Designs and Prospect of Democracy
Chapter 2: Why Presidentialism Is Dangerous
Chapter 3: Presidentialism and Violent Attitudes: Evidence from the World
Value Survey
Chapter 4: Presidentialism and Violent Behavior: Evidence from the Asian
Barometer Survey
Chapter 5: Presidentialism and Democratic Crisis: A Two Steps Examination
of the Global Democracies