The Perils of Presidentialism

By J. Linz. 2008

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Can Parties Police Themselves? Electoral Governance and Democratization (2002, background): “One explanation for this relationship is that, as Juan Linz (1990) argues, the threat of a vote of no confidence encourages prime ministers to moderate their policies to retain parliamentary support.”
Presidentialism and Accountability for the Economy in Comparative Perspective (2004, background): “For example, Linz (1990, 1994) argued that presidentialism’s “dual democratic legitimacies” confuses voters and that presidential autonomy inhibits “party government” accountability.1 Others question Linz’s claim and suggest that presidentialism provides advantages for account- David Samuels is…”
Are Parliamentary Systems Better? (2009, background): “Parliamentary systems are more flexible because the prime minister (and the ruling coalition at large) may be removed at any time by parliamentary vote and because elections may be called at any time.”
Party Politics in Russia: From Competition to Hierarchy (2008, background): “First, the institutional background of strong presidentialism was unfavourable for opposition politics by definition (Linz 1990 ; Fish 2005 ) and was accompanied by the institutional changes of the 2000s, such as an increase in the threshold for parliamentary representation, tough rules for party ”
Institutional determinants of military spending (2012, background): “Linz (1990) argues that presidential democracies are more unstable and prone to conflict than parliamentary systems owing to their lack of flexibility and the dual legitimacy that belongs to both the parliament and the president.”