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The Perils of Semi-Presidentialism. Are They Exaggerated?
There is a standard academic consensus that semi-presidentialism is perilous for new democracies. In particular, this is because semi-presidential countries run the risk of experiencing difficult periods of ‘cohabitation’ between a president and a prime minister who are opposed to each other, and because they may also experience periods of divided ...
Robert Elgie
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Is the Czech Republic on its Way to Semi-Presidentialism? [PDF]
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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The Politics of Semi‐Presidentialism
This chapter provides an introduction to the concept of semi-presidentialism and establishes a framework for the study of the politics of semi-presidential regimes. In the first part of the chapter, the evolution of the concept of semi-presidentialism will be sketched, some of the main criticisms of the concept will be considered, a slight ...
Robert Elgie
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Peculiarities of inter-institutional relationsin the semi-presidential countries of Europe
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
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]
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
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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Elementy prezydencjalizmu w systemie ustrojowym Francji okresu V Republiki
Elements of Presidentialism in the Constitutional System of France’s Fifth Republic The Fifth French Republic was created as a modified parliamentary system, but due to constitutional changes and tendencies revealed in political practice, the ...
Łukasz Jakubiak
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Northern Macedonia is a typical example of instability within the former Yugoslavia due to the well-known geopolitical implications: the Albanian minority and the denomination, both of which have only recently been overcome.
Fabio Ratto Trabucco
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The purpose of the study is to provide a comparative analysis of democratic leadership effectiveness in the relatively large presidential and semi-presidential countries of the world.
Tesfaiie L. A.
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