{"product_id":"the-presidentialization-of-politics","title":"The Presidentialization of Politics","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Presidentialization of Politics  shows how democratic political systems are coming to operate according to an essentially presidential logic, irrespective of their formal constitutional make-up. The logic of presidentialization is revealed in the growing power and autonomy of political leaders within political executives and political parties, and in the emergence of increasingly leadership-centred electoral processes. \n\u003cbr\u003e \n\u003cbr\u003eWhile these developments to some extent reflect the fluctuating contingencies of particular personalities and short-term political contexts, they are more fundamentally explained by processes of long-term structural change affecting state and society. Such processes include the internationalization of political decision-making, the executive's search for enhanced steering capacity over the state, the changing structure of mass communications, and the erosion of traditional political cleavages.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe book presents evidence confirming the existence of the presidentialization phenomenon across a heterogeneous mix of established democracies. While there are significant cross-national differences, the overall thesis holds: Modern democracies increasingly follow a presidential logic which renders leaders both more central and more vulnerable, their power and their susceptibility each rooted in the capacity to sustain a personal appeal to mass publics.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46060892225774,"sku":"9780199252015","price":150.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0630\/9612\/7726\/files\/9780199252015.jpg?v=1736523508","url":"https:\/\/bookland.com.au\/products\/the-presidentialization-of-politics","provider":"Book Land AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}