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The Electoral Geography of the 2016 Presidential Election in Portugal

Sfera Politicii, 2016
Portugal elected a new president in January, this year. While the campaign was rather atypical, with a majority of independent candidates and a low involvement of the parties, we employ here an analysis of the election’s electoral geography, in order to ...
Giorgian-Ionuţ GUŢOIU, Sabin PANDELEA
doaj  

The Constitutional Court of Romania against the direction of the constitutional moment of 1991

Journal of Legal Studies, 2017
The year 1991, the year when the current Romanian fundamental law came in to force, designed a constitutional moment built on profound political and societal emotions.
Roghină Răzvan Cosmin
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The pattern of state organization in the new constitution of Lithuania: A third way between the presidential and parliamentary systems?

Politologija, 1999
In this article, Andreas Hollstein refers to the Constitution of the Republic of Lithuania and, by that token, discusses the pattern of state power structure as established by it.
Andreas Hollstein
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Semi-Presidentialism: Concepts, Consequences and Contesting Explanations [PDF]

Political Studies Review, 2004
In contrast to the work on presidentialism and parliamentarism, semi-presidentialism remains very much the poor relation in the debate about regime types. This is true both in the sense that there is less work on semi-presidential regimes and also because of the fact that semi-presidentialism has few advocates.
openaire   +2 more sources

What About Eco‐Populism? A Neglected Historical Tradition

Constellations, EarlyView.
Federico Tarragoni
wiley   +1 more source

“Research Security” in Germany and the United States: Shifting Governance of Scientific Collaboration Under Geopolitical Pressure

Global Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Amid shifting geopolitical tensions, the notion of “research security” has become an increasingly prominent concern in science policy. This paper analyzes how research security is framed and operationalized in Germany and the United States using discourse analysis and securitization theory.
Nicolas V. Rüffin, Katharina C. Cramer, Maximilian Mayer, Philip J. Nock   +3 more
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Romanian Presidential Institution in the Present Constitutional Framework

Sfera Politicii, 2012
Romanian semi-presidential system, and the Republic President`s role within government process represent a very actual theme for political sciences and both for constitutional doctrine.
Cristian Ionescu
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Together forever? Explaining exclusivity in party-firm relations [PDF]

, 2007
Parties and firms are the key actors of representative democracy and capitalism respectively and the dynamic of attachment between them is a central feature of any political economy. This is the first article to systematically analyse the exclusivity of
Balicki R., Bielasiak J., Brusis M., Burris V., Clawson D., Coen D., Della Porta D., Domañski H., Drαg Z., Elgie R., Elgie R., Eyal G., Gerring J., Gerring J., Gerring J., Grant W., Grant W., Greenwood J., Heinz J., Hellman J. S., Hellman J. S., Hopkin J., Jasiecki K., Kadushin C., Kerlin J., Kloc K., Kolankiewicz G., Lijphart A., Lindblom C., Martin C.-J., McLean P. D., McMenamin I., McMenamin I., McMenamin I., Mills C. W., Montinola G., Offe C., Padgett J. F., Persson T., Rose-Ackerman S., Sadowski D., Salisbury R., Sanford G., Sartori G., Schmitter P. C., Scott J., Sejm Rzeczpospolitej Polskiej, Siaroff A., Staniszkis J., Stark D., Suleiman E. N., Szawiel T., Thurmaier K., Useem M., Wasilewski J., Wasilewski J., Wilson G. K., Wołek A.   +57 more
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Compulsory voting increases men's turnout most

American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.
Abstract Equal turnout fosters equal representation. As such, researchers have long sought to understand what causes gender differences in voter participation. I argue that compulsory voting increases men's turnout relative to that of women. This is because men are particularly receptive to external incentives, while women are more intrinsically ...
Shane P. Singh
wiley   +1 more source

On the Evasion of Executive Term Limits [PDF]

, 2010
Executive term limits are pre-commitments through which the polity restricts its ability to retain a popular executive down the road. But in recent years, many presidents around the world have chosen to remain in office even after their initial maximum ...
Elkins, Zachary, Ginsburg, Tom, Melton, James   +2 more
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