Presidents, Parliaments, & Good Governance

Issue Date July 1995
Volume 6
Issue 3
Page Numbers 128-38
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About the Author

Sergio Fabbrini is associate professor of international relations at the Istituto Universitario Orientale in Naples, and acting professor of comparative political systems at the Università Degli Studi di Trento. He is also the codirector of the Standing Group on American Politics of the European Consortium for Political Research.

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