1. The Politics of Semi-Presidentialism / Robert Elgie -- 2. Austria / Wolfgang C. Muller -- 3. Finland / David Arter -- 4. France / Robert Elgie -- 5. Iceland / Gunnar Helgi Kristinsson -- 6. Republic of Ireland / Michael Gallagher -- 7. Bulgaria / Venelin I. Ganev -- 8. Lithuania / Dainius Urbanavicius -- 9. Poland / Ania van der Meer Krok-Paszkowska -- 10. Romania / Tony Verheijen -- 11. Russia / Stephen White -- 12. Slovenia / Miro Cerar -- 13. Ukraine / Andrew Wilson -- 14. Semi-Presidentialism and Comparative Institutional Engineering / Robert Elgie
Summary
Semi-presidentialism is when there is a directly elected president and a prime minister who is responsible to parliament. Countries with this system share constitutional features, but the exercise of power varies greatly from one to another
Analysis
Presidential systems
Prime Minister
Head of State
Europe
Political leadership
Constitutional law
History
International comparisons
Overseas item
Semi-presidentialism
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 300-315) and index
