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Research paper thumbnail of Semi-presidentialism in Niger: Gridlock and democratic breakdown – learning from past mistakes

Research paper thumbnail of Semi-presidentialism in Central and Eastern Europe

List of tables Contributors 1. Semi-presidentialism: a common regime type, but one that should be... more List of tables Contributors 1. Semi-presidentialism: a common regime type, but one that should be avoided? - Robert Elgie and Sophia Moestrup 2. Belarus: a case of unsuccessful semi-presidentialism (1994-1996) - Andrei Arkadyev 3. Semi-presidentialism in Bulgaria: the cyclical rise of informal powers and individual political ambitions in a 'dual executive' - Svetlozar A. Andreev 4. Semi-presidentialism in Croatia - Mirjana Kasapovic 5. Semi-presidentialism in Lithuania: origins, development and challenges - Algis Krupavicius 6. Semi-presidentialism in the Republic of Macedonia (former Yugoslavian Republic of Macedonia) - Francois Frison-Roche 7. The impact of party fragmentation on Moldovan semi-presidentialism - Steven D. Roper 8. Semi-presidentialism and democratisation in Poland - Iain McMenamin 9. Romania: political irresponsibility without constitutional safeguards - Tom Gallagher and Viorel Andrievici 10. Russia: the benefits and perils of presidential leadership - Pet...

Research paper thumbnail of Semi-presidentialism in young democracies: Help or hindrance?

Research paper thumbnail of Semi-Presidentialism in the Caucasus and Central Asia

Semi-Presidentialism in the Caucasus and Central Asia, 2016

Research paper thumbnail of Semi-Presidentialism and Democracy

Tables 1.1 The spread of countries with semi-presidential constitutions 1.2 Constitutional system... more Tables 1.1 The spread of countries with semi-presidential constitutions 1.2 Constitutional systems in Francophone Africa (as of March 31, 2010) 1.3 Constitutional systems in countries of the former Soviet Union and the former Yugoslavia (as of March 31, 2010) 1.4 Variation within semi-presidentialism 2.1 Clustering of semi-presidential countries 2.2 Parliamentarism and West European semi-presidential regimes 2.3 Operational subtypes under semi-presidentialism 2.4 Clustering and subtypes of semi-presidentialism 3.1 Duration and outcome of democratic episodes in semi-presidential regimes 3.2 The survival of semi-presidential democracies (Cox Proportional Hazards Model) 4.1 Free semi-presidential countries (2009) 4.2 Government types in free semi-presidential countries 4.3 Government formation in semi-presidential democracies: Results from the binary logistic regression 4.4 Regression of government durability of semi-presidential governments 5.1 The origins of West European semi-presidentialism 5.2 Presidential powers in West European semi-presidential countries 5.3 Party support in the executive in West European semi-presidential countries 6.1 Regime type and freedom house PR scores by geographic region 6.2 Regime type and electoral systems 6.3 Constitutional Regime Change (Original Post-Communist Regimes Only) 6.4 Countries with unstable constitutional regimes 7.1 Basic indicators for

Research paper thumbnail of 7 Semi-presidentialism in Niger

Semi-presidentialism outside Europe: a …, 2007

... Niger's first president, Hamani Diori, ran the country as an increasingly corrupt one... more ... Niger's first president, Hamani Diori, ran the country as an increasingly corrupt one-party regime and was overthrown by a military coup in ... The PNDS, the party of Prime Minister MahamadouIssoufou, was the most ideologically committed party, with many of its members having ...

Research paper thumbnail of Semi-presidentialism and Democracy

Tables 1.1 The spread of countries with semi-presidential constitutions 1.2 Constitutional system... more Tables 1.1 The spread of countries with semi-presidential constitutions 1.2 Constitutional systems in Francophone Africa (as of March 31, 2010) 1.3 Constitutional systems in countries of the former Soviet Union and the former Yugoslavia (as of March 31, 2010) 1.4 Variation within semi-presidentialism 2.1 Clustering of semi-presidential countries 2.2 Parliamentarism and West European semi-presidential regimes 2.3 Operational subtypes under semi-presidentialism 2.4 Clustering and subtypes of semi-presidentialism 3.1 Duration and outcome of democratic episodes in semi-presidential regimes 3.2 The survival of semi-presidential democracies (Cox Proportional Hazards Model) 4.1 Free semi-presidential countries (2009) 4.2 Government types in free semi-presidential countries 4.3 Government formation in semi-presidential democracies: Results from the binary logistic regression 4.4 Regression of government durability of semi-presidential governments 5.1 The origins of West European semi-presidentialism 5.2 Presidential powers in West European semi-presidential countries 5.3 Party support in the executive in West European semi-presidential countries 6.1 Regime type and freedom house PR scores by geographic region 6.2 Regime type and electoral systems 6.3 Constitutional Regime Change (Original Post-Communist Regimes Only) 6.4 Countries with unstable constitutional regimes 7.1 Basic indicators for

Research paper thumbnail of Semi-presidentialism outside Europe: a comparative study

Semi-presidentialism outside Europe This is the first academic study of the impact of semi-preside... more Semi-presidentialism outside Europe This is the first academic study of the impact of semi-presidentialism in emerg-ing democracies outside of Europe. Semi-presidentialism is where there is both a directly elected fixed-term president and a prime minister who is responsible to the legislature. ...

Research paper thumbnail of Haiti

Semi-Presidentialism and Democracy, 2011

Research paper thumbnail of Presidential Term Limits in Burkina Faso

The Politics of Presidential Term Limits

Burkina Faso exemplifies the consequences of presidential hubris, when a president tinkers with t... more Burkina Faso exemplifies the consequences of presidential hubris, when a president tinkers with term limits to remain in power. Term limits became the rallying cry for opponents to President Blaise Compaoré’s attempts at perpetuating his rule. Compaoré, in power since 1987, was forced out by massive demonstrations in October 2014, as the country’s National Assembly was poised to pass constitutional revisions allowing him to stand again. The term limit issue provided a common cause for ex-regime insiders and opposition political party and civil society activists. Technical arguments in favour of the legality of changing term limits lacked legitimacy in the eyes of opponents, who saw the move as a breaking of promises previously made. The impact of term limits on political outcomes in Burkina Faso illustrates how institutions can become a constraint on those same rulers who adopted the institutions in the first place.

Research paper thumbnail of Semi-Presidentialism in Africa

Semi-Presidentialism and Democracy, 2011

Research paper thumbnail of Semi-Presidentialism in Africa

Semi-Presidentialism and Democracy, 2011

Research paper thumbnail of Semi-Presidentialism in Africa

Semi-Presidentialism and Democracy, 2011

Research paper thumbnail of Haiti

Semi-Presidentialism and Democracy, 2011

Research paper thumbnail of Semi-presidentialism in Democracies, Quasi-democracies, and Autocracies

Semi-Presidentialism in the Caucasus and Central Asia, 2016

Research paper thumbnail of Semi-presidentialism in Central and Eastern Europe

Research paper thumbnail of The role of actors and institutions: The difficulties of democratic survival in Mali and Niger

Http Dx Doi Org 10 1080 13510349908403616, Sep 26, 2007

... Western donor countries left the military little option but to initiate the transition to dem... more ... Western donor countries left the military little option but to initiate the transition to democracy.22 Niger's first president, Hamani Diori, was ... and the repartition of political nominations in the administration led to the stepping down of prime minister Mahamadou Issoufou (leader ...

Research paper thumbnail of Semi-Presidentialism Outside Europe: A Comparative Study (Paperback) - Taylor & Francis

Research paper thumbnail of The role of actors and institutions: The difficulties of democratic survival in Mali and Niger

Democratization, 1999

... Sophia Moestrup is a doctoral student in the Department of Political Science, George Washingt... more ... Sophia Moestrup is a doctoral student in the Department of Political Science, George Washington University, Washington DC. ... are the Hausa, who in 1981 comprised around 56 per cent of the population, followed by the Djerma-Songhay, the Peul, the Touareg and the Manga. ...

Research paper thumbnail of The impact of semi-presidentialism on the performance of democracy in Central and Eastern Europe

Semi-Presidentialism in Central and Eastern Europe, 2008

Research paper thumbnail of Semi-presidentialism in Niger: Gridlock and democratic breakdown – learning from past mistakes

Research paper thumbnail of Semi-presidentialism in Central and Eastern Europe

List of tables Contributors 1. Semi-presidentialism: a common regime type, but one that should be... more List of tables Contributors 1. Semi-presidentialism: a common regime type, but one that should be avoided? - Robert Elgie and Sophia Moestrup 2. Belarus: a case of unsuccessful semi-presidentialism (1994-1996) - Andrei Arkadyev 3. Semi-presidentialism in Bulgaria: the cyclical rise of informal powers and individual political ambitions in a 'dual executive' - Svetlozar A. Andreev 4. Semi-presidentialism in Croatia - Mirjana Kasapovic 5. Semi-presidentialism in Lithuania: origins, development and challenges - Algis Krupavicius 6. Semi-presidentialism in the Republic of Macedonia (former Yugoslavian Republic of Macedonia) - Francois Frison-Roche 7. The impact of party fragmentation on Moldovan semi-presidentialism - Steven D. Roper 8. Semi-presidentialism and democratisation in Poland - Iain McMenamin 9. Romania: political irresponsibility without constitutional safeguards - Tom Gallagher and Viorel Andrievici 10. Russia: the benefits and perils of presidential leadership - Pet...

Research paper thumbnail of Semi-presidentialism in young democracies: Help or hindrance?

Research paper thumbnail of Semi-Presidentialism in the Caucasus and Central Asia

Semi-Presidentialism in the Caucasus and Central Asia, 2016

Research paper thumbnail of Semi-Presidentialism and Democracy

Tables 1.1 The spread of countries with semi-presidential constitutions 1.2 Constitutional system... more Tables 1.1 The spread of countries with semi-presidential constitutions 1.2 Constitutional systems in Francophone Africa (as of March 31, 2010) 1.3 Constitutional systems in countries of the former Soviet Union and the former Yugoslavia (as of March 31, 2010) 1.4 Variation within semi-presidentialism 2.1 Clustering of semi-presidential countries 2.2 Parliamentarism and West European semi-presidential regimes 2.3 Operational subtypes under semi-presidentialism 2.4 Clustering and subtypes of semi-presidentialism 3.1 Duration and outcome of democratic episodes in semi-presidential regimes 3.2 The survival of semi-presidential democracies (Cox Proportional Hazards Model) 4.1 Free semi-presidential countries (2009) 4.2 Government types in free semi-presidential countries 4.3 Government formation in semi-presidential democracies: Results from the binary logistic regression 4.4 Regression of government durability of semi-presidential governments 5.1 The origins of West European semi-presidentialism 5.2 Presidential powers in West European semi-presidential countries 5.3 Party support in the executive in West European semi-presidential countries 6.1 Regime type and freedom house PR scores by geographic region 6.2 Regime type and electoral systems 6.3 Constitutional Regime Change (Original Post-Communist Regimes Only) 6.4 Countries with unstable constitutional regimes 7.1 Basic indicators for

Research paper thumbnail of 7 Semi-presidentialism in Niger

Semi-presidentialism outside Europe: a …, 2007

... Niger's first president, Hamani Diori, ran the country as an increasingly corrupt one... more ... Niger's first president, Hamani Diori, ran the country as an increasingly corrupt one-party regime and was overthrown by a military coup in ... The PNDS, the party of Prime Minister MahamadouIssoufou, was the most ideologically committed party, with many of its members having ...

Research paper thumbnail of Semi-presidentialism and Democracy

Tables 1.1 The spread of countries with semi-presidential constitutions 1.2 Constitutional system... more Tables 1.1 The spread of countries with semi-presidential constitutions 1.2 Constitutional systems in Francophone Africa (as of March 31, 2010) 1.3 Constitutional systems in countries of the former Soviet Union and the former Yugoslavia (as of March 31, 2010) 1.4 Variation within semi-presidentialism 2.1 Clustering of semi-presidential countries 2.2 Parliamentarism and West European semi-presidential regimes 2.3 Operational subtypes under semi-presidentialism 2.4 Clustering and subtypes of semi-presidentialism 3.1 Duration and outcome of democratic episodes in semi-presidential regimes 3.2 The survival of semi-presidential democracies (Cox Proportional Hazards Model) 4.1 Free semi-presidential countries (2009) 4.2 Government types in free semi-presidential countries 4.3 Government formation in semi-presidential democracies: Results from the binary logistic regression 4.4 Regression of government durability of semi-presidential governments 5.1 The origins of West European semi-presidentialism 5.2 Presidential powers in West European semi-presidential countries 5.3 Party support in the executive in West European semi-presidential countries 6.1 Regime type and freedom house PR scores by geographic region 6.2 Regime type and electoral systems 6.3 Constitutional Regime Change (Original Post-Communist Regimes Only) 6.4 Countries with unstable constitutional regimes 7.1 Basic indicators for

Research paper thumbnail of Semi-presidentialism outside Europe: a comparative study

Semi-presidentialism outside Europe This is the first academic study of the impact of semi-preside... more Semi-presidentialism outside Europe This is the first academic study of the impact of semi-presidentialism in emerg-ing democracies outside of Europe. Semi-presidentialism is where there is both a directly elected fixed-term president and a prime minister who is responsible to the legislature. ...

Research paper thumbnail of Haiti

Semi-Presidentialism and Democracy, 2011

Research paper thumbnail of Presidential Term Limits in Burkina Faso

The Politics of Presidential Term Limits

Burkina Faso exemplifies the consequences of presidential hubris, when a president tinkers with t... more Burkina Faso exemplifies the consequences of presidential hubris, when a president tinkers with term limits to remain in power. Term limits became the rallying cry for opponents to President Blaise Compaoré’s attempts at perpetuating his rule. Compaoré, in power since 1987, was forced out by massive demonstrations in October 2014, as the country’s National Assembly was poised to pass constitutional revisions allowing him to stand again. The term limit issue provided a common cause for ex-regime insiders and opposition political party and civil society activists. Technical arguments in favour of the legality of changing term limits lacked legitimacy in the eyes of opponents, who saw the move as a breaking of promises previously made. The impact of term limits on political outcomes in Burkina Faso illustrates how institutions can become a constraint on those same rulers who adopted the institutions in the first place.

Research paper thumbnail of Semi-Presidentialism in Africa

Semi-Presidentialism and Democracy, 2011

Research paper thumbnail of Semi-Presidentialism in Africa

Semi-Presidentialism and Democracy, 2011

Research paper thumbnail of Semi-Presidentialism in Africa

Semi-Presidentialism and Democracy, 2011

Research paper thumbnail of Haiti

Semi-Presidentialism and Democracy, 2011

Research paper thumbnail of Semi-presidentialism in Democracies, Quasi-democracies, and Autocracies

Semi-Presidentialism in the Caucasus and Central Asia, 2016

Research paper thumbnail of Semi-presidentialism in Central and Eastern Europe

Research paper thumbnail of The role of actors and institutions: The difficulties of democratic survival in Mali and Niger

Http Dx Doi Org 10 1080 13510349908403616, Sep 26, 2007

... Western donor countries left the military little option but to initiate the transition to dem... more ... Western donor countries left the military little option but to initiate the transition to democracy.22 Niger's first president, Hamani Diori, was ... and the repartition of political nominations in the administration led to the stepping down of prime minister Mahamadou Issoufou (leader ...

Research paper thumbnail of Semi-Presidentialism Outside Europe: A Comparative Study (Paperback) - Taylor & Francis

Research paper thumbnail of The role of actors and institutions: The difficulties of democratic survival in Mali and Niger

Democratization, 1999

... Sophia Moestrup is a doctoral student in the Department of Political Science, George Washingt... more ... Sophia Moestrup is a doctoral student in the Department of Political Science, George Washington University, Washington DC. ... are the Hausa, who in 1981 comprised around 56 per cent of the population, followed by the Djerma-Songhay, the Peul, the Touareg and the Manga. ...

Research paper thumbnail of The impact of semi-presidentialism on the performance of democracy in Central and Eastern Europe

Semi-Presidentialism in Central and Eastern Europe, 2008