Semi Presidentialism In Europe

Author : Robert Elgie
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 335 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1999-09-02
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780191522178

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Semi-Presidentialism in Europe by Robert Elgie Pdf

Semi-Presidentialism is the term used to describe the constitutional arrangement where there is a directly elected president and a prime-minister who is responsible to parliament. Examples of semi-presidential regimes include Finland, France, Portugal, Poland, Russia, and Ukraine. These countries share certain constitutional features, but the exercise of presidential and prime-ministerial power varies greatly from one to another. Semi-Presidentialism in Europe examines the politics of semi-presidentialism and explores why it is that seemingly similar political systems operate in such different ways. Furthermore, the book examines the constitutional powers of political leaders, the role of political parties and the importance of past precedent.

Author : Robert Elgie,Sophie Moestrup
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2008-12-15
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : STANFORD:36105132248126

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Semi-Presidentialism in Central and Eastern Europe by Robert Elgie,Sophie Moestrup Pdf

Contributed articles on executive power.

Author : Robert Elgie,Sophia Moestrup
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2007-06-11
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781134179794

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Semi-Presidentialism Outside Europe by Robert Elgie,Sophia Moestrup Pdf

This is the first academic study of the impact of semi-presidentialism in emerging democracies outside of Europe. Semi-presidentialism is where there is both a directly-elected fixed-term president and a prime minister who is responsible to the legislature. For the most part, semi-presidentialism is seen as being a risky choice for new democracies because it can create potentially destabilizing competition between the president and prime minister. And yet, there are now more than fifty semi-presidential countries in the world. Moreover, many of these countries are in Africa, the former Soviet Union and Asia, often in places where democracy has yet to establish a firm foundation. This study begins with a chapter that discusses the advantages and disadvantages of semi-presidentialism and provides the theoretical framework for a wide-ranging series of country chapters presented in the second part of the book. Written by country/area specialists, the case studies highlight the political processes at work in young semi-presidential democracies. Semi-Presidentialism Outside Europe will appeal to those researching and studying in the fields of comparative politics, development and democracy.

Author : Miloš Brunclík,Michal Kubát
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 170 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2018-07-11
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781351680028

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Semi-presidentialism, Parliamentarism and Presidents by Miloš Brunclík,Michal Kubát Pdf

The book analyzes the presidencies of three neighboring Central European countries – Poland, the Czech Republic and Slovakia – in the context of their interactions with cabinets (and prime ministers), parliaments and the constitutional courts, all which have proved crucial actors in the region’s political and constitutional battles. Using both institutional and behavioral perspectives along with an innovative definition of semi-presidentialism, the book argues that presidential powers – rather than the mode of the election of the president – are crucial to the functioning of the regimes and their classification into distinctive regime types. Focusing on intra-executive conflicts and the interaction of the president with other constitutional players it argues that, regardless of the mode of the election of the president, regimes have traditionally been very similar not only in their institutional settings, but also in the way they function. Finally, it shows that Poland, the Czech Republic and Slovakia should be classified as parliamentary regimes. This text will be of key interest to scholars and students of Central and East Europe studies/politics, post-Communist studies, presidential studies and more broadly to political elites and institutions, comparative politics and legislative studies.

Author : Tapio Raunio,Thomas Sedelius
Publisher : Springer
Page : 169 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2019-05-17
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783030164317

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Semi-Presidential Policy-Making in Europe by Tapio Raunio,Thomas Sedelius Pdf

This book explores how power-sharing between the president and the prime minister works in semi-presidential regimes. In contrast to much of the existing comparative work on semi-presidentialism, the book emphasizes the role of institutional coordination at the most concrete level of executive policy-making, and asks how institutional coordination between the president and prime minister influences presidential activism and the balance of power within the executive. The authors develop a tentative framework embedded in institutionalism and based on four strands of research – semi-presidentialism, public administration, political leadership, and foreign policy analysis – which is subsequently applied to the cases of Lithuania, Romania and Finland. Given the political challenges facing many semi-presidential countries, the study ultimately seeks to identify institutional solutions that facilitate power-sharing and successful policy-making.

Author : Sophia Moestrup
Publisher : Palgrave Macmillan
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2011-02-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0230242928

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Semi-Presidentialism and Democracy by Sophia Moestrup Pdf

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.

Author : Sophia Moestrup
Publisher : Springer
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2011-02-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780230306424

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Semi-Presidentialism and Democracy by Sophia Moestrup Pdf

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.

Author : Robert Elgie
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2011-08-25
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780191618505

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Semi-Presidentialism by Robert Elgie Pdf

This book examines the relationship between semi-presidentialism and democratic performance. Semi-presidentialism - where a constitution provides for both a directly elected president and a prime minister and cabinet responsible to the legislature - has become the regime type of choice for new democracies. There are now over 50 countries in the world with a semi-presidential constitution and the vast majority of these countries have chosen this form of government since the early 1990s. This book operationalises Shugart and Carey's distinction between president-parliamentarism - where the prime minister is responsible to both the legislature and to the directly elected president - and premier-presidentialism - where the prime minister is responsible to the legislature alone. The book shows that, all else equal, the president-parliamentary sub-type is more likely to be associated with a poorer democratic performance than its premier-presidential counterpart. The evidence is based on a mixed-method approach, including large-n comparative statistical studies of all semi-presidential democracies since 1919, as well as in-depth case studies. Comparative Politics is a series for students, teachers, and researchers of political science that deals with contemporary government and politics. Global in scope, books in the series are characterised by a stress on comparative analysis and strong methodological rigour. The series is published in association with the European Consortium for Political Research. For more information visit: www.essex.ac.uk/ecpr

Author : Vít Hloušek
Publisher : Masarykova univerzita
Page : 315 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2014-01-01
Category : Art
ISBN : 9788021078024

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Presidents above Parties? by Vít Hloušek Pdf

Postavení prezidenta v jiných než prezidentských politických systémech patří k méně analyzovaným aspektům politiky. V zemích střední a východní Evropy může přitom existovat určitá diskrepance mezi formálním a reálným postavením hlav států. Předkládaná, anglicky psaná kniha mapuje, zda se zde po roce 1989 objevily tendence k většímu zapojení či osobnímu angažmá prezidentů v každodenní politice, co bylo jejich příčinou, jak se projevovaly a zda je můžeme vysvětlit spíše osobností prezidenta, nebo strukturou politických příležitostí, která nabídla prezidentovi větší prostor pro osobní politickou realizaci.

Author : Cindy Skach
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2011-02-11
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1400832624

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Borrowing Constitutional Designs by Cindy Skach Pdf

After the collapse of communism, some thirty countries scrambled to craft democratic constitutions. Surprisingly, the constitutional model they most often chose was neither the pure parliamentary model found in most of Western Europe at the time, nor the presidential model of the Americas. Rather, it was semi-presidentialism--a rare model known more generally as the "French type." This constitutional model melded elements of pure presidentialism with those of pure parliamentarism. Specifically, semi-presidentialism combined a popularly elected head of state with a head of government responsible to a legislature. Borrowing Constitutional Designs questions the hasty adoption of semi-presidentialism by new democracies. Drawing on rich case studies of two of the most important countries for European politics in the twentieth century--Weimar Germany and the French Fifth Republic--Cindy Skach offers the first theoretically focused, and historically grounded, analysis of semi-presidentialism and democracy. She demonstrates that constitutional choice matters, because under certain conditions, semi-presidentialism structures incentives that make democratic consolidation difficult or that actually contribute to democratic collapse. She offers a new theory of constitutional design, integrating insights from law and the social sciences. In doing so, Skach challenges both democratic theory and democratic practice. This book will be welcomed not only by scholars and practitioners of constitutional law but also by those in fields such as comparative politics, European politics and history, and international and public affairs.

Author : Thomas Sedelius
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 317 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : International relations
ISBN : 9176684881

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The Tug of War Between Presidents and Prime Ministers by Thomas Sedelius Pdf

Author : S. White
Publisher : Springer
Page : 173 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2008-06-11
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780230583061

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Politics and the Ruling Group in Putin's Russia by S. White Pdf

There is little consensus about the nature of the political system that has emerged during the Putin presidency. This collection considers the issues arising in this connection, focusing more closely on institutions such as the presidency and the security police, and on the socioeconomic dimensions of political power.

Author : Torbjörn Bergman,Kaare Strøm
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
Page : 428 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2011-06-14
Category : History
ISBN : 9780472117475

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The Madisonian Turn by Torbjörn Bergman,Kaare Strøm Pdf

Parliamentary democracy is the most common regime type in the contemporary political world, but the quality of governance depends on effective parliamentary oversight and strong political parties. Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden have traditionally been strongholds of parliamentary democracy. In recent years, however, critics have suggested that new challenges such as weakened popular attachment, the advent of cartel parties, the judicialization of politics, and European integration have threatened the institutions of parliamentary democracy in the Nordic region. This volume examines these claims and their implications. The authors find that the Nordic states have moved away from their previous resemblance to a Westminster model toward a form of parliamentary democracy with more separation-of-powers features—a Madisonian model. These features are evident both in vertical power relations (e.g., relations with the European Union) and horizontal ones (e.g., increasingly independent courts and central banks). Yet these developments are far from uniform and demonstrate that there may be different responses to the political challenges faced by contemporary Western democracies.

Author : Peter Cane,Senior Research Fellow Peter Cane,Herwig C. H. Hofmann,Professor of European and Transnational Public Law Herwig C H Hofmann,Associate Professor of Law Eric C Ip,Eric C. Ip,Olimpiad S Ioffe Professor of International and Comparative Law Peter L Lindseth
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 1169 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2021-01-17
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780198799986

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The Oxford Handbook of Comparative Administrative Law by Peter Cane,Senior Research Fellow Peter Cane,Herwig C. H. Hofmann,Professor of European and Transnational Public Law Herwig C H Hofmann,Associate Professor of Law Eric C Ip,Eric C. Ip,Olimpiad S Ioffe Professor of International and Comparative Law Peter L Lindseth Pdf

In this Handbook, distinguished experts in the field of administrative law discuss a wide range of issues from a comparative perspective. The book covers the historical beginnings of comparative administrative law scholarship, and discusses important methodological issues and basic concepts such as administrative power and accountability.

Author : Giovanni Sartori
Publisher : NYU Press
Page : 229 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : History
ISBN : 9780814780633

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Comparative Constitutional Engineering by Giovanni Sartori Pdf

The second edition of this pathbreaking, highly innovative comparative study in state-building by a major political scientist is a fully updated examination of the problems of making democratic government work. Sartori begins by assessing electoral systems. He attacks the conventional wisdom that their influence cannot be predicted and also disputes the view that proportional representation is always best and will deliver 'consensus democracy'. He argues that the double-ballot formulas deserve more consideration for their ability to facilitate governability in adverse circumstances. His comparative assessment of presidential and semi-presidential systems and the variety of formulas that are categorized, sometimes misleadingly, as parliamentary, looks at the conditions that allow a political form to perform as intended. He concludes with a detailed proposal for a new type of government: alternating presidentialism. This meets the need for strong parliamentary control and efficient government, with safeguards against both parliamentary obstructionism and government by decree, and so could help to avoid political paralysis in Latin America, in the post-communist countries of Europe and in countries with dysfunctional parliamentary systems such as Italy and Israel.