PRESIDENTS,

PARTIES,

PRIME MINISTERS:

By

David J. Samuels

and

Matthew S. Shugart

Cambridge University Press (in press)

Below are links to PDFs of each chapter. These are revised versions, submitted for production, and posted here in August, 2009.

Preface

Chapter 1. Introduction

Chapter 2. Political Parties in the Neo-Madisonian Theoretical Framework

Chapter 3. Insiders and Outsiders: Madison's Dilemma and Leadership Selection

Chapter 4. Constitutional Design and Intra-Party Leadership Accountability

Chapter 5. Electoral Separation of Purpose within Political Parties

Chapter 6. The Impact of Constitutional Change on Party Organization and Behavior: Direct Election in France and Israel

Chapter 7. Parties' "Presidential Dilemmas" in Brazil and Mexico

Chapter 8. Presidents, Prime Ministers, and Mandate Representation

Conclusion

References

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)