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Semi-presidentialism and democratic performance [PDF]
Japanese Journal of Political Science, 2008 There is a long-standing and widespread consensus that semi-presidentialism is bad for democratic performance. This article examines whether there is empirical evidence to support the arguments against semi-presidentialism.
Alesina +10 more
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Is the Czech Republic on its Way to Semi-Presidentialism?
Baltic Journal of Law & Politics, 2014 The main aim of the article is to contribute to the bourgeoning debate on semipresidentialism, its definition, and its characteristic features, with analysis of the empirical example of the Czech Republic, a country which, according to Elgie´s standard ...
Hloušek Vít
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Towards Presidential Rule in Ukraine: Hybrid Regime Dynamics Under Semi-Presidentialism
Baltic Journal of Law & Politics, 2012 Fumagalli describes political and constitutional developments in post-Soviet Kyrgyzstan, a country which has experienced significant political instability and constitutional change. Kyrgyzstan is currently a rare democracy in a region that has otherwise been inhospitable to political liberalization.
Sedelius Thomas, Berglund Sten
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Three waves of semi-presidential studies [PDF]
Democratization, 2015 This article reviews the scholarship on semi-presidentialism since the early 1990s. We identify three waves of semi-presidential studies. The first wave focused on the concept of semi-presidentialism, how it should be defined, and what countries should ...
Clark William A. +13 more
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Executive leadership in semi-presidential systems [PDF]
, 2014 Relative to presidentialism and parliamentarism, the study of semi-presidentialism is still in its infancy. The term was coined in 1970 and, apart from the pioneering work of Maurice Duverger, systematic study began only in the 1990s.
Bogaerts, Meghan +6 more
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Semi-presidentialism and democratisation in Poland [PDF]
, 2008 Polish semi-presidentialism evolved from a pacted transition between the leadership of the communist regime and the Solidarity opposition movement.
McMenamin, Iain
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Peculiarities of inter-institutional relationsin the semi-presidential countries of Europe
Політичні дослідження, 2022 The article compared and systematized the parameters and features of interrelation between the indicators and patterns of stability, conflictivness and effectiveness of inter-institutional relations within the framework of various types of semi ...
Vitaliy Lytvyn
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Cabinet formation under semi-presidentialism: European countries in comparison
Politics in Central Europe, 2023 The article demonstrates that the rules and practices of cabinet formation and investitures should be taken into account to better grasp the variety of semi-presidentialism in Europe.
Lytvyn Vitaliy S., Romanyuk Anatoliy S.
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CONSTITUTIONAL BOUNDARIES OF PRESIDENTIAL POWER AND GENERAL LEVEL OF POLITICAL CULTURE. THE CASE OF SERBIA [PDF]
Supremația Dreptului, 2021 The general level of democratic, political culture in one country is the important determinant that should be taken into consideration both when analyzing its constitutional order as well as when considering its future shaping and direction.
Miroslav DJORDJEVIC
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The Normative Bases of Semi-Presidentialism: Max Weber and the Mitigation of Caesarism
Brazilian Political Science Review, 2020 This article aims to locate the normative origins of the semi-presidential government in the theoretical contribution of German thinker Max Weber. I argue that Weberian reasoning about the Head of State, when freed from the German background in which it ...
Alan Daniel Freire de Lacerda
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