Semi-presidentialism and democracy
By: [edited by] Robert Elgie, Sophia Moestrup, Yu-Shan Wu
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780230242920
Subjects: Democracy; Presidents; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Democracy; Comparative government; Representative government and representation; Semi-presidential system; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Government / Comparative; Prime ministers; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Leadership; Executive power
Description: "This book 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"--
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note:; title: Semi-Presidentialism and Democracy; R.Elgie, S.Moestrup & Y-S.Wu; title: PART I: VARIETIES OF SEMI-PRESIDENTIALISM; title: Semi-Presidentialism and Democracy: Institutional Choice, Performance and Evolution; R.Elgie; title: The Study of Semi-Presidentialism: An Holistic Approach; Y-S.Wu; title: Is Semi-Presidentialism a Distinct Constitutional Form?; T.Ginsberg, J.Cheibub & Z.Elkins; title: PART II: THE PERFORMANCE OF SEMI-PRESIDENTIALISM: GENERAL AND REGIONAL PERSPECTIVES; title: Overview of the Performance of Semi-Presidentialism; S.Moestrup; title: Parliamentary Cohesion and Government Formation in Semi-Presidential Democracies; J-W.Lin; title: Semi-Presidentialism in Western Europe; R.Elgie; title: Semi-Presidentialism under Post-Communism; O.Protsyk; title: Semi-Presidentialism and Democratic Development in East Asia; B.Reilly; title: Semi-Presidentialism in Africa; Patterns and Trends; S.Moestrup; title: PART III: THE PERFORMANCE OF SEMI-PRESIDENTIALISM: COUNTRY PERSPECTIVES; title: The President as a Backseat Driver: Portugal's Evolving Semi-Presidentialism; C.Jalali; title: Taiwan: Democratic Consolidation under Presidential Supremacy; Y-S.Wu & J-H.Tsai; title: Semi-Presidentialism and Parliamentary Oligarchy in Post-Orange Ukraine; K.Matsuzato; title: Moldova's Transition from Semi-Presidentialism: Parliamentary Intentions, Presidential Outcome; W.Crowther; title: Semi-Presidentialism in the Weimar Republic: A Failed Attempt at Democracy; Y-C.Shen; title: Semi-Presidentialism and Democracy: What Have we Learnt?; R.Elgie.