Semi-presidentialism and democracy
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Semi-presidentialism and democracy
Palgrave Macmillan, 2011
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  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
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  United States of America
Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 275-291) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
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.
Table of Contents
- Semi-Presidentialism and Democracy
- R.Elgie , S.Moestrup & Y-S.Wu PART I: VARIETIES OF SEMI-PRESIDENTIALISM Semi-Presidentialism and Democracy: Institutional Choice, Performance and Evolution
- R.Elgie The Study of Semi-Presidentialism: An Holistic Approach
- Y-S.Wu PART II: THE PERFORMANCE OF SEMI-PRESIDENTIALISM: GENERAL AND REGIONAL PERSPECTIVES Overview of the Performance of Semi-Presidentialism
- S.Moestrup Parliamentary Cohesion and Government Formation in Semi-Presidential Democracies
- J-W.Lin Semi-Presidentialism in Western Europe
- R.Elgie Semi-Presidentialism under Post-Communism
- O.Protsyk Semi-Presidentialism and Democratic Development in East Asia
- B.Reilly Semi-Presidentialism in Africa
- Patterns and Trends
- S.Moestrup PART III: THE PERFORMANCE OF SEMI-PRESIDENTIALISM: COUNTRY PERSPECTIVES The President as a Backseat Driver: Portugal's Evolving Semi-Presidentialism
- C.Jalali Taiwan: Democratic Consolidation under Presidential Supremacy
- Y-S.Wu & J-H.Tsai Semi-Presidentialism and Parliamentary Oligarchy in Post-Orange Ukraine
- K.Matsuzato Moldova's Transition from Semi-Presidentialism: Parliamentary Intentions, Presidential Outcome
- W.Crowther Semi-Presidentialism in the Weimar Republic: A Failed Attempt at Democracy
- Y-C.Shen Semi-Presidentialism and Democracy: What Have we Learnt?
- R.Elgie
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