Semi-Presidentialism and Democracy

Semi-Presidentalism and Democracy breaks new ground by offering a truly global review of the performance of democracy in countries with semi-presidential constitutions The authors discuss the choice of semi-presidentialism, its different subtypes, the performance of democracy under the system and i [...]
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Semi-Presidentalism and Democracy breaks new ground by offering a truly global review of the performance of democracy in countries with semi-presidential constitutions The authors discuss the choice of semi-presidentialism, its different subtypes, the performance of democracy under the system and its subtypes and chart its likely evolution in the future. Starting with a reliable definition of semi-presidentialism that is based on core constitutional features, contributors investigate the presence of systematic variation across the diverse range of semi-presidential democracies. Comprising large-n comparative analysis, regional studies of Western Europe, the former USSR, Africa and East Asia, and individual case studies of Haiti, Moldova, Portugal, Taiwan, Ukraine and Weimar Germany, this volume explores a number of well-founded conclusions and suggests new avenues for the study of semi-presidentialism.