%0 Book %T Collegial democracy versus personal democracy: 'we' the people or 'I' the people? %E Friedberg, Chen %E Rahaṭ, Gidʻon %S Routledge research in comparative politics %D 2024 %I Routledge %C Abingdon, Oxon %@ 9781040003114 %G English %F 1884454844 %O edited by Chen Friedberg and Gideon Rahat %O Includes bibliographical references and index %X "This book examines two patterns of democracy - collegial and personal - through a comprehensive comparison of political institutions. It develops a conceptual, theoretical, and methodological basis for differentiating collegial and personal democracy. Central institutions in democracy are classified according to their levels of personalism and collegialism, including political parties, candidate selection methods and electoral systems, legislature, and cabinets and governments. The book presents preliminary findings concerning the causes for this variance between the two democratic regime types. The book will be of key interest to students and scholars of political parties, democratic institutions, personalism and personalization, and, more broadly, democracy"-- %K Democracy %K Social aspects %K Individualism %K Political aspects %K Democratization %K Démocratisation %K POLITICAL SCIENCE / Government / Executive Branch %K POLITICAL SCIENCE / Government / Comparative %K POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Democracy %9 Text %U https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=3796628