that is based on the European parliamentary model of democracy. Although widely considered to be a valid foundation for … suggests a transition from the traditional democratic deficit critique to a new theoretical conception of democracy in the …

prescription today. To increase political freedom under conservative (limited) democracy - and rates of economic growth under …

conceptions of democracy is then discussed, identifying four independent dimensions: `contestability' (conditions of entry …

concludes that: (1) even if democracy may be expected to have a positive effect on cooperation, it may be neither necessary nor …

, electroal system and government coalitions, and (2) federal vs. unitary traits. Consensus democracy and the earlier concept of … consociational democracy overlap considerably, but they differ in the degree to which they focus on formal institutions vs. informal … minor doubts, the 22 cases of long-term democracy fit the majoritarian-consensus typology well. There are three causal …

relevance for contemporary research: the conventional types of parliamentary vs presidential democracy; consociational democracy … as a behaviouralist conception; and Arend Lijphart's differentiation of majoritarian and consensus democracy. It is … research which has come to the fore in recent years: the effects of different types of democracy on policy outputs; the …

of the democracy in each country. Using annual data of 82 countries between 1995 and 2008, the estimation results … indicate that an increase in government size can lead to a decrease in corruption if the democracy level is sufficiently high …