PRESIDENTS,

PARTIES,

PRIME MINISTERS:

How the Separation of Powers Affects Party Organization and Behavior

By

David J. Samuels

and

Matthew S. Shugart

Cambridge University Press (2010)

Below are links to replication data sets used in the preparation of various chapters of the book. Please see the chapter appendices in the published book for data sources and other notes.

Data for Chapter 3. Insiders and Outsiders: Madison's Dilemma and Leadership Selection (.csv file)

Data for Chapter 4. Constitutional Design and Intra-Party Leadership Accountability (Excel .xlsx file)

Data for Chapter 5. Electoral Separation of Purpose within Political Parties (.csv file)

Data for Chapter 8. Presidents, Prime Ministers, and Mandate Representation (.csv file) (and Codebook .doc file)

A majority of democratic regimes now have an elected presidency, yet our theories of parties have not kept up (Figure 1.1)

The US election of 2004: Relatively low electoral separation of purpose between the presidential and legislative "branches" of the Republican Party (see Chapter 5)

Brazil's Workers Party: very high electoral separation of purpose (Chapter 5)