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A NEW POLITICAL SYSTEM MODEL: SEMI‐PRESIDENTIAL GOVERNMENT
Author(s) -
DUVERGER MAURICE
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
european journal of political research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.267
H-Index - 95
eISSN - 1475-6765
pISSN - 0304-4130
DOI - 10.1111/j.1475-6765.1980.tb00569.x
Subject(s) - presidential system , parliament , constitution , diversity (politics) , politics , government (linguistics) , political science , position (finance) , power (physics) , relation (database) , public administration , representation (politics) , law , law and economics , sociology , economics , computer science , philosophy , linguistics , physics , finance , quantum mechanics , database
This article aims at defining the concept of “semi‐presidential government” and detailing the diversity of its practices. There are in fact three types of semi‐presidential regimes: the president can be a mere figurehead, or he may be all‐powerful or again he can share his power with parliament. Using four parameters — the content of the constitution, tradition and circumstances, the composition of the parliamentary majority and the position of the president in relation to the majority — the author seeks to explain why similar constitutions are applied in a radically different manner.