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What is semi-presidentialism?

Semi-presidentialism is where a constitution includes both 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 types of semi-presidentialism and explore the effects of each

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Elgie, R. (2005) ‘From Linz to Tsebelis: three waves of presidential/parliamentary studies?’, Democratization, 12 (1). pp. 106-122

Elgie, R. (2004) ‘Semi-presidentialism: concepts, consequences and contesting explanations.’ Political Studies Review, 2 (3). pp. 314-330

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I would like to acknowledge the support of the IRCHSS for the award of a senior Research Fellowship (2009-2010) that has helped me to maintain this blog and to continue my research on semi-presidentialism

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ROBERT ELGIE

Dublin City University

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