Semi-Presidentialism: Sub-Types and Democratic Performance

by Robert Elgie

In this book, Robert Elgie examines the relationship between semi-presidentialism and democratic performance. Semi-presidentialism--where a constitution provides for both a directly elected president and a prime minister and cabinet responsible to the legislature--has become the regime type of choice for new democracies. There are now over 50 countries in the world with a semi-presidential constitution and the vast majority of these countries have...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199585989
• ISBN13: 9780199585984
• Release Date: October 2011
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 218 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 9.2"