Two excellent resources for comparative political systems are Patterns of Democracy by Erend Lijphart and Electoral System Design: The New International IDEA Handbook that you can get free at https://www.idea.int/sites/default/files/publications/electoral-system-design-the-new-international-idea-handbook.pdf
Check out a new book called How Democracies Die, 2018 by Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt. According to Penguin Random House’s website “Harvard professors Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt have spent more than twenty years studying the breakdown of democracies in Europe and Latin America.” This might be a fun read for your winter break. Enjoy!
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What elements common to parliamentary systems, if any, do you think could be used to improve our system without changing it to a parliamentary system? How could such changes be justified in light of the fundamental principles and values of our system?
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