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100			_aCheibub, Jose Antonio
245			_aMinority governments, dead lock situations, and the survival of Presidential democracies
260			_c2002
300			_ap.284-312.
362			_aApr
520			_aWhat are the conditions that generate minority presidents, minority governments, and deadlock in presidential regimes? What is the impact of minority presidents, minority governments, and deadlock on the survival of these regimes? Based on data for all presidential democracies that existed between 1946 and 1996, the author shows (a) that characteristics of the electoral and party systems do affect the level of support for the president in congress and hence the probability of minority presidents and minority governments; (b) that these characteristics, and the minority governments they generate, do not make deadlock more likely; and (c) that minority presidents, minority governments, and deadlock do not affect the survival of presidential democracies. Together, these findings suggest that the view that explains the instability of presidential democracies in terms of the type of executive-legislative relations these regimes are likely to induce must be abandoned. The author offers two reasons, institutional in nature, that may account for the instability of presidential regimes. - Reproduced.
650			_aPolitics and government
773			_aComparative Political Studies
909			_a52333
999			_c52333 _d52333