Problems with Presidential Systems

Giovanni Sartori
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Chapter 11 in Comparative Constitutional Engineering, 1994, pp 173-181 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract The most heated debates within most presidential systems currently bear on the tenure of presidents and on their reelectability. I begin, therefore, with these two issues. The fundamental issue remains, however, the support that presidents can expect to obtain in their respective Congresses. The support problem has already been discussed at various points, but one of the indicators that help its assessment is the nature of the party system. I thus bring all these elements together in Table 11.1. The table is not exhaustive; it omits a few countries (Burkine Faso, Dominican Republic) because very small and/or too unsettled, and South Korea because its presidentialism has only been a 1988–90 interregnum. Note, finally, that the table is strictly confined to ‘pure’ presidential systems.

Keywords: Presidential System; Electoral System; Party System; Parliamentary System; Divided Majority (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1994
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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-349-22861-4_11

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