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A Centripetal Theory of Democratic Governance (Paperback)
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A Centripetal Theory of Democratic Governance (Paperback)
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This book sets forth a relatively novel theory of democratic
governance, applicable to all political settings in which
multi-party competition obtains. Against the prevailing
decentralist theory (deriving from Madison and Montesquieu), we
argue that good governance arises when political energies are
focused toward the center. Two elements must be reconciled in order
for this process of gathering together to occur. Institutions must
be inclusive and they must be authoritative. We refer to this
combination of attributes as "centripetal." While the theory has
many potential applications, in this book we are concerned
primarily with national-level political institutions. Among these,
we argue that three are of fundamental importance in securing a
centripetal style of democratic governance: unitary (rather than
federal) sovereignty, a parliamentary (rather than presidential)
executive, and a closed-list PR electoral system (rather than a
single-member district or preferential-vote system). We test the
impact of these institutions across a wide range of governance
outcomes.
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