Semi-Presidentialism in the Caucasus and Central Asia
This edited collection examines the politics of semi-presidential countries in the Caucasus and Central Asia. Semi-presidentialism is the situation where there is both a directly elected fixed-term president and a prime minister and cabinet that are colle
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Semi-Presidentialism in the Caucasus and Central Asia
Robert Elgie • Sophia Moestrup Editors
Semi-Presidentialism in the Caucasus and Central Asia
Editors Robert Elgie School of Law and Government Dublin City University Dublin 9, Ireland
Sophia Moestrup Central and West Africa National Democratic Institute Arlington, Virginia, USA
ISBN 978-1-137-38780-6 ISBN 978-1-137-38781-3 DOI 10.1057/978-1-137-38781-3
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CONTENTS
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Semi-presidentialism in Democracies, Quasi-democracies, and Autocracies Robert Elgie and Sophia Moestrup From Patronal First Secretary to Patronal President: Post-Soviet Political Regimes in Context Alexander Baturo
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Semi-presidentialism in Armenia Alexander Markarov
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Semi-presidentialism in Azerbaijan Jody LaPorte
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Semi-presidentialism in Georgia Malkhaz Nakashidze
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Constitutional Development of Independent Kazakhstan Dmitry Nurumov and Vasil Vashchanka
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Semi-presidentialism in Kyrgyzstan Matteo Fumagalli
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Weaker Presidents, Better Semi-presidentialism? Robert Elgie and Sophia Moestrup
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Bibliography
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Index
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CONTRIBUTOR BIOS
Alexander Baturo is Lecturer in Politics and International Relations at Dublin City University, Ireland. He works on various aspects of comparative democratization, particularly presidentialism and personalism across the world, comparative political leadership, and post-Soviet politics. He has published
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