Intra‐Executive Competition between President and Prime Minister: Patterns of Institutional Conflict and Cooperation under Semi‐Presidentialism

Oleh Protsyk

Political Studies, 2006, vol. 54, issue 2, 219-244

Abstract: The article examines the dynamics of political competition over the control of the executive that shapes the coexistence of popularly elected presidents and prime ministers in semi‐presidential regimes. It explores how variation in the political status of cabinet and the character of the party system, as well as differences in presidential and parliamentary powers over the cabinet, affects both the type and intensity of intra‐executive conflict in democratic and semi‐democratic environments. It demonstrates that presidents’ and prime ministers’ strategies in intra‐executive relations in both types of political environment are systematically affected by the nature and extent of cabinet’s political support in parliament, as well as by the degree of presidential control over cabinet.

Date: 2006
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