Semi-Presidentialism in Europe (Comparative Politics)

✍ Scribed by Robert Elgie

• Year: 1999
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 335
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

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. This book examines the politics of semi-presidentialism and explores why seemingly similar political systems operate in such different ways. It studies the constitutional powers of political leaders and the role of political parties.

✦ Table of Contents

0198293860......Page 1
Contents......Page 8
List of Figures and Tables......Page 10
List of Abbreviations......Page 11
List of Contributors......Page 13
1 The Politics of Semi-Presidentialism......Page 16
2 Austria......Page 37
3 Finland......Page 63
4 France......Page 82
5 Iceland......Page 101
6 Republic of Ireland......Page 119
7 Bulgaria......Page 139
8 Lithuania......Page 165
9 Poland......Page 185
10 Romania......Page 208
11 Russia......Page 231
12 Slovenia......Page 247
13 Ukraine......Page 275
14 Semi-Presidentialism and Comparative Institutional Engineering......Page 296
Bibliography......Page 315
E......Page 332
L......Page 333
S......Page 334
Z......Page 335