Semi-Presidentialism and Democracy

Elgie, R.; Moestrup, Sophia; Wu, Y.

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 directly elected president and a prime minister who is responsible to the legislature - has become the regime type of choice for many countries.

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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2011-01-01

Format: Paperback

ISBN-13: 9781349318087

DOI: 10.1057/9780230306424

Dimensions: 235cm x155cm

Pages: 296