Inclusion and the design of democratic executives in Steffen Ganghof’s Beyond presidentialism and parliamentarism

ABSTRACT

Steffen Ganghof’s book addresses pressing questions in democratic theory and institutional design regarding how to promote effective political inclusion and avoid personalizing power in democratic executives. His model of semi-parliamentarism manages to transform tradeoffs in these areas that were previously thought inescapable, unlocking novel potential for democratic reform.

KEYWORDS:

• Inclusion
• complexity effects
• information shortcuts
• institutional design
• semi-parliamentarism
• executive personalism

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Kevin J. Elliott

Kevin J. Elliott is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Murray State University. His research focuses on questions in democratic theory, political ethics, institutional design, and political epistemology, particularly on topics at the intersection of empirical social science and normative political theory. His book, Democratic for Busy People, is forthcoming from the University of Chicago Press.