TY  - BOOK
AU  - Elgie,Robert
TI  - Semi-presidentialism: sub-types and democratic performance 
T2  - Comparative politics
SN  - 9780191729003 (ebook) :
AV  - JF255 .E38 2011
U1  - 321.8042 23
PY  - 2011///
CY  - Oxford
PB  - Oxford University Press
KW  - Presidents
KW  - Democracy
KW  - Cabinet system
KW  - Legislative power
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index
N2  - 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
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199585984.001.0001
ER  -