If you would like a copy of the paper, co-authored with Petra Schleiter, that I presented at IPSA conference in Santiago, then please just e-mail me (robert.elgie@dcu.ie).

Taeko Hiroi and Sawa Omori, ‘Perils of parliamentarism? Political systems and the stability of democracy revisited’, Democratization, Vol. 16, No. 3, June 2009, 485–507.

Young-Choul Kim, and Sangmook Lee, ‘Constitutional Designs And Democratization In The Third World’, Journal of Third World Studies, Spring 2009, Vol. 26 Issue 1, pp. 151-171.

Shin-Goo Kang, ‘The influence of presidential heads of state on government formation in European democracies: Empirical evidence’, European Journal of Political Research, Volume 48, Issue 4, 2009, pp. 543-572.

Nuno Guedes, ‘Quem lidera os governos europeus? A carreira dos primeiros-ministros (1946-2006)’, Análise Social, vol. 44 (2.º), 2009 (n.º 191), pp. 265-288. Available at: http://analisesocial.ics.ul.pt/?no=101000100156

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Jean-Claude Colliard, ‘The influence of political parties on the Constitution’, French Politics, vol. 7, no. 1, pp. 32-41.

Atsushi Ogushi, ‘From the CC CPSU to Russian Presidency: The Development of Semi-Presidentialism in Russia’, available at:
http://src-h.slav.hokudai.ac.jp/coe21/publish/no21_ses/01ogushi.pdf

Thomas F. Remington, ‘Putin, Parliament, and Presidential Exploitation of the Terrorist Threat’, Journal of Legislative Studies, Volume 15, Issue 2 & 3, 2009, pp. 219-238.

Andreas Umland, ‘Averting a Post-Orange Disaster. Constitutional Reforms and Political Stability in Ukraine’, Harvard International Review, available online at:
http://www.hir.harvard.edu/index.php?page=article&id=1862

Dennis Shoesmith, ‘Remaking The State In Timor-Leste: The Case For Constitutional Reform’, available at:
http://arts.monash.edu.au/mai/asaa/dennisshoesmith.pdf

Michael Holmes, ‘The European Parliament Election in Ireland, 5 June 2009’, http://www.sussex.ac.uk/sei/1-4-2-2.html

Aleks Szczerbiak, ‘The European Parliament Election in Poland, June 7 2009’, http://www.sussex.ac.uk/sei/1-4-2-2.html

Timothy J. Power, ‘Optimism, Pessimism, and Coalitional Presidentialism: Debating the Institutional Design of Brazilian Democracy’, Bulletin of Latin American Research, early view online.

‘Republic of Ireland 2008’, Irish Political Studies, Volume 24, Issue 2, June 2009, pp. 137-187.