What is semi-presidentialism?
Semi-presidentialism is 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 sub-types of semi-presidentialism and explore the effects of each
Sub-types of semi-presidentalism
I like the distinction between premier-presidential and president-parliamentary forms of semi-presidentialism. This distinction was first made by Matthew Shugart and John Carey in Presidents and Assemblies. Constitutional Design and Electoral Dynamics, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press (1992)
I’m a political science student at ITAM in Mexico and I was asked to answer how a constitutional shift from a presidential format to a premier-presidential design may affect the party & electoral system (among other things). Of course and I had no idea how to respond. I only mentioned new types of transacctional relations as defined by Shugart (2006. “Comparative executive-legislative relationships” in The Oxford Handbook of Political Institutions eds, Rohdes, Binder, y Rockman. Oxford University Press), but I really have no clue.
Do you have a paper? and idea?
I really hope you can help me with this.
Sincerly:
Adrián Luzanilla (student in trouble).