Semi-Presidentialism Outside Europe: A Comparative Study

ISBN-13: 9780415380478 / Angielski / Twarda / 2007 / 288 str.

Robert Elgie; Sophia Moestrup

Opis

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.

Spis treści

1. What Is Semi-Presidentialism and Where is it Found? Robert Elgie  2. The Advantages and Disadvantages of Semi-Presidentialism: A West European Perspective Gianfranco Pasquino  3. Semi-Presidentialism in Young Democracies - Help or Hindrance? Sophia Moestrup  4. Semi-Presidentialism in a Post-Communist Context François Frison-Roche  5. Semi-Presidentialism in a Francophone Context Gérard Conac  6. Semi-Presidentialism in Madagascar Charles Cadoux  7. Semi-Presidentialism in Niger: Gridlock and Democratic Breakdown - Learning From Past Mistakes Sophia Moestrup  8. Semi-Presidentialism and the Preservation of Ambiguity in Post-War Mozambique Carrie Manning  9. Semi-Presidentialism in Guinea Bissau: The Lesser of Two Evils? Elisabete Azevedo and Lia Nijzink  10. Eurasian Semi-Presidentialism: The Development of Kyrgyzstan's Model of Government Eugene Huskey  11. Semi-Presidentialism in Mongolia: Trade-Offs Between Stability and Governance Sophia Moestrup and Gombosurengiin Ganzorig  12. Semi-Presidentialism - Easy to Choose, Difficult to Operate: The Case of Taiwan Yu-Shan Wu  13. Timor-Leste: Semi-Presidentialism and the Democratic Transition in a New, Small State Dennis Shoesmith  14. The Choice of Semi-Presidentialism and its Consequences Sophia Moestrup

O autorze

Robert Elgie, Sophia Moestrup