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Informationen zum Autor Robert Elgie is the co-editor of the journal French Politics published by Palgrave and the co-editor of the Routledge/ECPR Studies in European Political Science series. He has published extensively on comparative politics, semi-presidentialism and French politics. He is Paddy Moriarty Professor of Government and International Studies at Dublin City University. Klappentext Robert Elgie examines the relationship between semi-presidentialism and democratic performance. There are over 50 countries with a semi-presidential constitution. This book shows that the president-parliamentary sub-type is more likely to be associated with a poorer democratic performance than its premier-presidential counterpart. Zusammenfassung Robert Elgie examines the relationship between semi-presidentialism and democratic performance. There are over 50 countries with a semi-presidential constitution. This book shows that the president-parliamentary sub-type is more likely to be associated with a poorer democratic performance than its premier-presidential counterpart. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments List of Tables 1: The Perils of Semi-Presidentialism? 2: Variation within Semi-Presidentialism 3: Varieties of Semi-Presidentialism and Democratic Survival 4: Varieties of Semi-Presidentialism and the Performance of Democracy 5: Semi-Presidentialism and Democratic Survival and Collapse - Country Narratives 6: The Performance of Democracy under Semi-Presidentialism - Country Narratives 7: Premier-Presidentialism, President-Parliamentarism and Democratic Performance: Indicative Case Studies 8: Conclusion Bibliography Index
