01455nam a2200337 a 4500001001400000003000800014005001700022006001900039007001500058008004100073020003800114040002100152050002100173082001700194100001900211245010500230260004600335300003600381490002500417520033600442588004700778504005100825650001600876650001500892650002000907650002300927776003300950830002600983856009101009999001701100EDZ0000054748StDuBDS20150804193947.0m||||||||d||||||||cr||||||||||||120110s2011    enk    fo|    001 0 eng|d  a9780191729003 (ebook) :cNo price  aStDuBDScStDuBDS 0aJF255b.E38 201104a321.80422231 aElgie, Robert.10aSemi-presidentialismh[electronic resource] :bsub-types and democratic performance /cRobert Elgie.  aOxford :bOxford University Press,c2011.  a1 online resource (ix, 206 p.).1 aComparative politics8 aRobert 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.  aDescription based on print version record.  aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 0aPresidents. 0aDemocracy. 0aCabinet system. 0aLegislative power.08iPrint versionz9780199585984 0aComparative politics.403Oxford scholarship onlineuhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199585984.001.0001  c38530d38530