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

2022/12/28 by Kevin J. Elliott · 1 voice
Social Sciences · #Electoral Systems and Political Participation #Political and Economic history of UK and US #Social Policy and Reform Studies

paper · doi:10.1080/13698230.2022.2159664

openalex publication_date 2022/12/28 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2025/11/06

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.

Discussions

• I was part of a symposium on the book & wrote this commentary, which highlights the essential contribution it makes to normative institutional design of democratic executives, which has been neglected [bsky, 7 points, 1 comments]

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