Is there a best sort of governmental arrangement? Is the U.S. system with its President and Congress better than England's Westminster system, with its Parliment and Prime Minister? Or is some other type best--perhaps a structure that's never been used?
My newest Hornbook review is of Steffen Ganghof's book on this subject. Spoiler: He endorses a system called "semi-parliamentarism." He talks (quite acutely) about a bunch of other interesting and important stuff too, like the benefits and demerits of different sorts of electoral systems, how best to avoid authoritarianism, etc. I discuss at least some of this in my new review at 3:16 AM, which can be found here.
