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This edited collection examines the politics of semi-presidential countries in the Caucasus and Central Asia. Semi-presidentialism is the situation where there is both a directly elected fixed-term president and a prime minister and cabinet that are collectively responsible for the legislature. There are four countries with a semi-presidential constitution in this region - Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, and Kyrgyzstan. The authors introduce the concept of semi-presidentialism, place the countries in a general post-Soviet context, and compare them with Kazakhstan. They investigate the relationship between semi-presidentialism in the formal constitution and the verticality of power in reality, explore the extent to which semi-presidentialism has been responsible for the relative performance of democracy in each country, and chart the relationship within the executive both between the president, prime minister and ministers, and between the executive and the legislature. < .
Political science. --- Comparative politics. --- Democracy. --- Asia --- Political Science and International Relations. --- Comparative Politics. --- Asian Politics. --- Politics and government. --- Semi-presidential system --- Democratization --- Democratic consolidation --- Democratic transition --- Semi-presidentialism --- Semipresidential system --- Semipresidentialism --- Political science --- New democracies --- Asia-Politics and government. --- Self-government --- Equality --- Representative government and representation --- Republics --- Comparative political systems --- Comparative politics --- Government, Comparative --- Political systems, Comparative --- Asia—Politics and government.
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Robert Elgie examines the relationship between semi-presidentialism and democratic performance. There are over 50 countries with a semi-presidential constitution. The book shows that the president-parliamentary sub-type is more likely to be associated with a poorer democratic performance than its premier-presidential counterpart.
Semi-presidential system. --- Presidents. --- Democracy. --- Cabinet system. --- Legislative power. --- Power, Legislative --- Constitutional law --- Implied powers (Constitutional law) --- Judicial review --- Separation of powers --- Cabinet government --- Parliamentary government --- Political science --- Representative government and representation --- Self-government --- Equality --- Republics --- Presidency --- Heads of state --- Executive power --- Semi-presidentialism --- Semipresidential system --- Semipresidentialism
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