The failure of presidential democracy

Part 1 Comparative perspectives: presidentialism and majoritarian democracy - theoretical observations, Arend Lijphart neither presidentialism nor parliamentarism, Giovanni Sartori presidentialism and parliamentarism in comparative perspective, Alfred Stepan and Cindy Skach presidentialism and political stability in France, Ezra N. Suleiman. Part 2 The case of Latin America: party politics and the crisis of presidentialism in Chile - a proposal for a parliamentary form of government, Arturo Valenzuela presidentialism and democratic stability in Uruguay, Luis Eduardo Gonzalez and Charles Guy Gillespie Brazil - toward parliamentarism?, Bolivar Lamounier presidentialism and Colombian politics, Jonathon Hartlyn loose parties, "floating" politicans, and institutional stress - presidentialism in Ecuador, 1979-1988, Catherine M. Conaghan presidents, messiahs, and constitutional breakdowns in Peru, Cynthia McClintock Venezuela - democratic despite presidentialism, Michael Coppedge.