Semi-Presidentialism Outside Europe : A Comparative Study Paperback / softback
Edited by Robert Elgie, Sophia (National Democratic Institute for International Affairs, Washington DC, USA) Moestrup
Part of the Routledge Research in Comparative Politics series
Paperback / softback
Description
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.
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:278 pages, 16 Tables, black and white; 1 Line drawings, black and white; 1 Illustrations, black and
- Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication Date:10/02/2011
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- ISBN:9780415663830
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:278 pages, 16 Tables, black and white; 1 Line drawings, black and white; 1 Illustrations, black and
- Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication Date:10/02/2011
- Category:
- ISBN:9780415663830