Contemporary Democracies
Frontmatter -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Tables -- Figures -- 1 Introduction / Democracy, Parties, and Performance -- 2 Political Performance / The Initial Comparison -- 3 The Social and Economic Environment -- 4 The Constitutional Setting -- 5 Party Systems and Election Outcomes -- 6 Citizen Involvement / Participation or Turmoil -- 7 Government Performance / Executive Stability -- 8 Managing Violence and Sustaining Democracy -- 9 Democratic Performance / Liberty, Competition, Responsiveness -- 10 Conclusion / Constraint and Creativity in Democracies -- Appendix -- Notes -- Index