Semi-Presidentialism is the term used to describe the constitutional arrangement where there is a directly elected president and a prime-minister who is responsible to parliament. Examples of semi-presidential regimes include Finland, France, Portugal, Poland, Russia, and Ukraine. These countries share certain constitutional features, but the exercise of presidential and prime-ministerial power varies greatly from one to another. Semi-Presidentialism in Europe examines the politics of semi-presidentialism and explores why it is that seemingly similar political systems operate in such different ways. Furthermore, the book examines the constitutional powers of political leaders, the role of political parties and the importance of past precedent.
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Robert Elgie is Paddy Moriarty Professor of Government and International Studies at Dublin City University, Ireland. He received his BA from Oxford University and his PhD from the London School of Economics. He is the author of Political Institutions in Contemporary France (2001) and is the co-editor, with Andrew Appleton, of the journal French Politics (Palgrave Macmillan). He has published extensively on the theme of semi-presidentialism, recently, Semi-Presidentialism: Sub-Types And Democratic Performance (2011), has written several articles in journals such as the Journal of Democracy and edited or co-edited four books on this subject.
David Arter is a British educator and author. He is best known for his work on Scandinavian politics and Nordic parliamentary structures.
Miro Cerar is a Slovenian law professor and politician. He was Prime Minister of Slovenia, leading the 12th Government.
Robert Elgie is Paddy Moriarty Professor of Government and International Studies at Dublin City University, Ireland. He received his BA from Oxford University and his PhD from the London School of Economics. He is the author of Political Institutions in Contemporary France (2001) and is the co-editor, with Andrew Appleton, of the journal French Politics (Palgrave Macmillan). He has published extensively on the theme of semi-presidentialism, recently, Semi-Presidentialism: Sub-Types And Democratic Performance (2011), has written several articles in journals such as the Journal of Democracy and edited or co-edited four books on this subject.
Michael Gallagher is Professor at the Department of Political Science of Trinity College Dublin.
Venelin I Ganev is Associate Professor of Political Science at Miami University of Ohio.
Gunnar Helgi Kristinsson is Professor of Political Science, University of Iceland.
Wolfgang C Müller is Professor of Democratic Governance at the University of Vienna (Austria). Previous appointments included Chair and Director of the Mannheim Centre for European Social Research (MZES) at the University of Mannheim. He is currently Speaker and Principal Investigator of the Austrian National Election Study (AUTNES). Since 2013 he has been co-editor of West European Politics. His research interests include government coalitions, political parties and political institutions.
Dainius Urbanavicius is a doctoral student in Public Administration at Kaunas Technological University.
Ania van der Meer Krok-Paszkowska is a Research Assistant in the Department of Political Science, University of Leiden.
Tony Verheijen is Lecturer in Public Administration at the University of Leiden.
Stephen White was a political scientist and historian, Emeritus Professor at University of Glasgow. He was an author of many articles and books about the politics of the Soviet Union and Russia.
Andrew Wilson is Senior Lecturer in Ukrainian Studies at the School of Slavonic and East European Studies, University College London.
