![]() ![]() Anthony Payne uses the term `Westminster adapted' in characterising the governmental systems of the former British colonies in the Caribbean, and this term can be appropriately applied to former British dependencies elsewhere, too. However, in most of these democracies formerly ruled by Britain, the Westminster model was not adopted without various modifications. ![]() Of these 36, no less than 15–42 per cent of the total, not counting the United Kingdom itself-are democracies with a history of being under British rule. There are 36 democracies that fit these criteria. ![]() In my recently published book Patterns of Democracy, I analyse the universe of well-established modern democracies, defined as all countries with a population of at least 250,000 that were democratic in the late 1990s and that had been continuously democratic since 1977 or earlier. The Westminster model has been extremely influential in the shaping of modern democracies, particularly, of course, in democracies that were formerly ruled by Britain. Arend Lijphart The Westminster model and Westminster adapted ![]()
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