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2 International Politics Forum Kickoff meeting: Thursday, Sept. 29 th, 8 pm, 3301 Friedmann Hall Enjoy a pizza dinner and a presentation by Tom Vance, President, United Nations Association of Kalamazoo

3 PSCI 2400 Announcements: Midterm I on Thursday Bring a No.2 pencil and pencil or pen to write essay/s Review Session tonight, 9 pm, 3301 Friedmann Hall NO section meetings this week

4 Presidential election results in Chile, 1970: Salvador Allende (leftist coalition): 36.29% Jorge Alessandri (conservative party): 35:76% Radomiro Tamic (Christian Democratic party): 27.85

5 Mainwaring, Scott. 1993. "Presidentialism, Multipartism, and Democracy: The Difficult Combination" Comparative Political Studies 26 (July): 198-228.

6 How democratic institutions vary: Presidential Semipresidential Parliamentary

7 Mainwaring, Scott. 1993. "Presidentialism, Multipartism, and Democracy: The Difficult Combination" Comparative Political Studies 26 (July): 198-228.

8 Multipartism exacerbates presidentialism: Ideological polarization Executive-legislative deadlock Lack of flexibility in a crisis

9 Presidentialism exacerbates multipartism: President is not bound to support coalition Individual legislators are not bound to support president High level of incentive to break coalition

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