Is There a Better System? Comparing Democracies Worldwide

Democracies vary greatly in their institutional structure. How similar to other established democracies is the institutional structure of the United States? What lessons can we learn by comparing the U.S. to other countries? We will explore these and related questions through a series of focused comparisons that may include Britain, Canada, Germany, Israel, Spain and other democratic nations.

Suggested Reading: A Different Democracy, by Steven Taylor, Matthew Shugart, Arend Lijphart, and Bernard Gorfman (Yale University Press 2014)