01455nam a2200337 a 4500 EDZ0000054748 StDuBDS 20150804193947.0 m||||||||d|||||||| cr|||||||||||| 120110s2011 enk fo| 001 0 eng|d 9780191729003 (ebook) : No price StDuBDS StDuBDS JF255 .E38 2011 321.8042 23 Elgie, Robert. Semi-presidentialism [electronic resource] : sub-types and democratic performance / Robert Elgie. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2011. 1 online resource (ix, 206 p.). Comparative politics 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. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references and index. Presidents. Democracy. Cabinet system. Legislative power. Print version 9780199585984 Comparative politics. Oxford scholarship online http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199585984.001.0001 38530 38530