Maurice Duverger in 1980 advanced the concept of a 'semi-presidential'regime: a mix of a
popularly elected and powerful presidency with a prime minister heading a cabinet subject …

The democratization literature has increased our understanding of the role of institutional
variables in the study of democratic sustainability. Debates about the dangers of …

This book examines the relationship between semi-presidentialism and democratic
performance. Semi-presidentialism-where a constitution provides for both a directly elected …

The essay explores why some socio-economic reforms are successful and others are not
and why and how the political regime and its institutions affect policy outcomes and the …

Some European constitutions give cabinets great discretion to manage their own demise,
whereas others limit their choices and insert the head of state into decisions about …

The article examines the dynamics of political competition over the control of the executive
that shapes the coexistence of popularly elected presidents and prime ministers in semi …

Control over government portfolios is the key to power over policy and patronage, and it is
commonly understood to lie with parties in European democracies. However, since the …

This article develops an account of who controls Europe's semipresidential cabinets
politically. The authors ask which actors negotiate cabinet composition and what shapes …

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 …

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 …