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1. The Presidentialization of Politics in Democratic Societies: AFramework for Analysis The Presidentialization of Democracy in DemocraticSocieties; 2. The British Prime Minister: Much More Than 'First AmongEquals'; 3. A Presidentializing Party State? The Federal Republic of Germany;4. Presidentialization, Italian Style; 5. The Presidentialization of SpanishDemocracy: Sources of Prime Ministerial Power in Post-Franco Spain; 6. TheLow Countries: From 'Prime Minister' to President-Minister; 7. Denmark:Presidentialization in a Consensual Democracy; 8. 'President Persson' How DidSweden Get Him?; 9. Canada: Executive Dominance and Presidentialization; 10.Dyarchic Presidentialization in a Presidentialized Polity: The French FifthRepublic; 11. Finland: Let the Force Be with the Leader. But Who Is theLeader?; 12. The Presidentialization of Portuguese Democracy?; 13. TheFailure of Presidential Parliamentarism: Constitutional versus StructuralPresidentialization in Israel's Parliamentary Democracy; 14. TheSemi-Sovereign American Prince: The Dilemma of an Independent President in aPresidential Government; 15. The Presidentialization of ContemporaryDemocratic Politics: Evidence, Causes, and Consequences; Index