Semi-Presidentialism and Democracy [electronic resource] /
Moestrup, Sophia.author.
Elgie, R.editor.
Wu, Y.editor.
Explores the effect of semi-presidentialism on newly-democratising countries. In recent years semi-presidentialism - the situation where a constitution makes provision for both a directly elected president and a prime minister who is responsible to the legislature - has become the regime type of choice for many countries.
Includes index.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Machine generated contents note: -- Semi-Presidentialism and Democracy; R.Elgie, S.Moestrup & Y-S.Wu -- PART I: VARIETIES OF SEMI-PRESIDENTIALISM -- Semi-Presidentialism and Democracy: Institutional Choice, Performance and Evolution; R.Elgie -- The Study of Semi-Presidentialism: An Holistic Approach; Y-S.Wu -- Is Semi-Presidentialism a Distinct Constitutional Form?; T.Ginsberg, J.Cheibub & Z.Elkins -- PART II: THE PERFORMANCE OF SEMI-PRESIDENTIALISM: GENERAL AND REGIONAL PERSPECTIVES -- Overview of the Performance of Semi-Presidentialism; S.Moestrup -- Parliamentary Cohesion and Government Formation in Semi-Presidential Democracies; J-W.Lin -- Semi-Presidentialism in Western Europe; R.Elgie -- Semi-Presidentialism under Post-Communism; O.Protsyk -- Semi-Presidentialism and Democratic Development in East Asia; B.Reilly -- Semi-Presidentialism in Africa; Patterns and Trends; S.Moestrup -- PART III: THE PERFORMANCE OF SEMI-PRESIDENTIALISM: COUNTRY PERSPECTIVES -- The President as a Backseat Driver: Portugal's Evolving Semi-Presidentialism; C.Jalali -- Taiwan: Democratic Consolidation under Presidential Supremacy; Y-S.Wu & J-H.Tsai -- Semi-Presidentialism and Parliamentary Oligarchy in Post-Orange Ukraine; K.Matsuzato -- Moldova's Transition from Semi-Presidentialism: Parliamentary Intentions, Presidential Outcome; W.Crowther -- Semi-Presidentialism in the Weimar Republic: A Failed Attempt at Democracy; Y-C.Shen -- Semi-Presidentialism and Democracy: What Have we Learnt?; R.Elgie.
Explores the effect of semi-presidentialism on newly-democratising countries. In recent years semi-presidentialism - the situation where a constitution makes provision for both a directly elected president and a prime minister who is responsible to the legislature - has become the regime type of choice for many countries.
European Union.
Comparative politics.
Democracy.
Political science.
European Union Politics.
Comparative Politics.
Democracy.
Political Science.