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What is semi-presidentialism?
where a constitution includes a popularly elected fixed-term president and a prime minister and cabinet who are collectively responsible to the legislature
The assumption
A very varied set of countries have semi-presidential constitutions. We should not use semi-presidentialism as an explanatory variable. We should distinguish between different types of semi-presidentialism and explore the effects of each
Elgie, R. (2005) ‘From Linz to Tsebelis: three waves of presidential/parliamentary studies?’, Democratization, 12 (1). pp. 106-122
Elgie, R. (2004) ‘Semi-presidentialism: concepts, consequences and contesting explanations.’ Political Studies Review, 2 (3). pp. 314-330
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