Thinking About Democracy: Power Sharing and majority Rule in Theory and Practice Arend Lijphart Arend Lijphart is one of the world's leading and most influential political scientists whose work has had a profound impact on the study of democracy and comparative politics. Thinking About Democracy draws on a lifetime's experience of research and publication in this area and collects together for the first time his most significant and influential works. The book also contains an entirely new introduction and conclusion where Professor Lijphart assesses the development of his thought and the practical impact it has had on emerging democracies. This volume will be of enormous interest to all students and scholars of democracy and comparative politics, and politics and international relations in general. Arend Lijphart is Research Professor Emeritus in Political Science at the University of California, San Diego, USA. His field of specialization is comparative politics, and his current research is focused on the comparative study of democratic institutions. Lijphart has received numerous awards throughout his prestigious career in recognition of his groundbreaking research. In 1989, he was elected to the National Academy of Arts and Sciences and from 1995-96 served as President of the American political Science Association.