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 New Institutional Politics is a comparative study of the impact of political institutions
upon outcomes, and covers some of the major themes in the new institutionalism. It looks at …

To understand party identification in post-communist Central and Eastern Europe, we need
to give equal attention to negative partisanship—the identification of a party that an …

Does democracy promote the creation of market economies and robust state institutions? Do
state-building and market-building go hand in hand? Or do they work at cross-purposes …

This study demonstrates that in a time of massive change characterized by the emergence of
entirely new political systems and a fundamental reorganization of economic life, systematic …

This book is about presidents in parliamentary systems. One commonly recurring political
debate within parliamentary systems is over whether or not the public should directly elect …

This article examines two issues related to premier-presidential regimes and institutional
development. First, it identifies and analyzes two dimensions of presidential power within …

This is the first major assessment of the role of the presidency in Russia's difficult transition
form communist rule. Huskey analyzes the establishment and functioning of the Russian …

Page 1 DEVELOPMENTS IN CENTRAL & EAST EUROPEAN POLITICS Edited by Stephen
White, Paul G. Lewis & Judy Batt FIVE Page 2 Developments in Central and East European …

This book conducts a comparative analysis of political institutions and develops rigorous
methods suitable for cross-national longitudinal analysis. An examination of political party …