Semi-presidentialism in Democracies, Quasi-democracies, and Autocracies

Introducing a collection of country case studies on semi-presidentialism in the Caucasus and Central Asia, Elgie and Moestrup identify the concept of semi-presidentialism and review the existing literature about the supposed effects of this constitutional form. In particular, the authors address the importance of institutional variation within semi-presidentialism and discuss some common misconceptions. Elgie and Moestrup describe constitutional variations across the region and outline the research questions for the edited volume: do institutions matter in post-Soviet countries? If so, do they matter for democratic performance? Whatever the answer, has the organization of the executive and executive-legislative relations had an impact on political life? These keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves.