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Additional Reading
Comparative analyses of presidents and other executives include Jean Blondel, Political Executives in Comparative Perspective: A Cross-National Empirical Study, 3 vol. (1980–85); and Kurt von Mettenheim (ed.), Presidential Institutions and Democratic Politics: Comparing Regional and National Contexts (1997). Arend Lijphart (ed.), Parliamentary Versus Presidential Government (1992), compares the role of executives in different political systems.
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| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
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| Image of Charles de Gaulle added. | Oct 01, 2019 | ||
| Add new Web site: UShistory.org - The President's Job. | Sep 09, 2019 | ||
| Article revised. | Mar 13, 2003 | ||
| Article revised. | Jan 22, 2001 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 20, 1998 |
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