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If you were asked to give advice on the following questions, what would your answer be?
We are writing a constitution for a new democracy in a large country with many social and ethnic cleavages and a per capita income of about US$5,000 in 1985 dollars. We would like to do everything we can to try to ensure the consolidation of our democratic regime.
First, what other goals do you think we should have in mind when writing our constitution?
Second, what advice would you give us on specific institutional forms? Proportional representation or a single-member plurality system? Should we choose a parliamentary or a presidential system? Federal or unitary system? Unicameral or bicameral legislature?
In addition to answering these questions, could you give us some sense as to how you arrived at your answers? Also, can you tell us why you think the choices you've recommended are compatible with each other?


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