Cover -- Contents -- Preface to the Second Edition -- Preface to the First Edition -- 1: Introduction -- 2: The Westminster Model of Democracy -- 3: The Consensus Model of Democracy -- 4: Thirty-Six Democracies -- 5: Party Systems: Two-Party and Multiparty Patterns -- 6: Cabinets: Concentration Versus Sharing of Executive Power -- 7: Executive-Legislative Relations: Patterns of Dominance and Balance of Power -- 8: Electoral Systems: Majority and Plurality Methods Versus Proportional Representation -- 9: Interest Groups: Pluralism Versus Corporatism -- 10: Division of Power: The Federal-Unitary and Centralized-Decentralized Contrasts -- 11: Parliaments and Congresses: Concentration Versus Division of Legislative Power -- 12: Constitutions: Amendment Procedures and Judicial Review -- 13: Central Banks: Independence Versus Dependence -- 14: The Two-Dimensional Conceptual Map of Democracy -- 15: Effective Government and Policy-Making: Does Consensus Democracy Make a Difference? -- 16: The Quality of Democracy and a "Kinder, Gentler" Democracy: Consensus Democracy Makes a Difference -- 17: Conclusions and Recommendations -- Appendix: Two Dimensions and Ten Basic Variables, 1945-2010 and 1981-2010 -- References -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y.