The Politics of Presidential Term Limits

ISBN-13: 9780198837404 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 672 str.

Alexander Baturo; Robert Elgie

Recenzje

Presidential term limits is a central issue worldwide. Should presidents serve only a limited number of terms to ensure rotation and that one strong individual does not threaten a country's democracy? This thorough and informative collection approaches this question from theoretical, historical, and above all empirical perspectives. Baturo and Elgie (both, Dublin City Univ., Ireland) have gathered detailed contextual case studies involving an interesting balance of older democracies (including the US) and recent democracies, and autocracies such as China.... Including comprehensive tables and figures, this volume is required reading for political scientists.

O autorze

Alexander Baturo is Associate Professor of Government, Dublin City University, Ireland. His research is centered on comparative democratization, leadership, and the United Nations. His articles have appeared in such journals as the Journal of Politics, Comparative Political Studies, British Journal of Political Science, Political Research Quarterly, and Public Choice. His book, Democracy, Dictatorship, and Term Limits, was published by the Michigan University Press in 2014, and won the 2015 Brian Farrell prize for the best book from the Political Science Association of Ireland. He also consults for the international organisations and NGOs; his research has been cited, inter alia in the Washington Post, Bloomberg, and Tages Anzeiger. Robert Elgie is Paddy Moriarty Professor of Government and International Studies at Dublin City University, Ireland and a Member of the Royal Irish Academy (RIA). He has published numerous books, including Semi-presidentialism: Sub-types and Democratic Performance (OUP, 2011) and Political Leadership: A Pragmatic Institutionalist Approach (2018). He has published in journals such as Comparative Political Studies, British Journal of Political Science, Political Research Quarterly, and Journal of Democracy. He is the editor of the journal French Politics, which is published by Palgrave Macmillan, the Review Editor for Government and Opposition, as well as the founder and co-editor with Sona Golder and Shane Martin of the Politics of Institutions series with Oxford University Press.