Presidents in semi-presidential regimes : moderating power in Portugal and Timor-Leste / Rui Graça Feijó.
Feijó, Rui.
2021
KKQ2540 .F45 2021
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Title Presidents in semi-presidential regimes : moderating power in Portugal and Timor-Leste / Rui Graça Feijó.
Author Feijó, Rui.
ISBN 9783030531805 (electronic bk.)
3030531805 (electronic bk.)
3030531791
9783030531799
DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-53180-5
Published Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, 2021.
Language English
Description 1 online resource
Item Number 10.1007/978-3-030-53180-5 doi
10.1007/978-3-030-53
Call Number KKQ2540 .F45 2021
Dewey Decimal Classification 324.9469
Summary This book offers a comparative perspective on the semi-presidential regimes of Portugal and Timor-Leste, suggesting that they both reserve a "moderating power" for presidents in line with what was theorized by Benjamin Constant. Historical legacies, political culture and short-term political considerations combined create an institutional design that has endured and produced incentives to power-sharing and inclusiveness. A critical element of this model finds roots in the electoral system facilitating the emergence of "independent" presidents with political platforms that tend to supersede those of political parties. Elected presidents dispose of an array of competences that do not overlap with those of prime ministers, but represent a category of its own. The vast array of presidential competences contributes to reinforcing a system of checks and balances, and to foster horizontal accountability. The book argues that this specific form of government with "moderating powers" and presidents who are largely "independent" from the party system contributed to the successful democratic transitions of Portugal and Timor-Leste.-- Provided by publisher
Note Includes index.
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Series Palgrave studies in presidential politics.
Available in Other Form Print version: 9783030531799
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Chapter One: Introduction: Presidential republics with moderating powers
Chapter Two: The emergence of presidential republics in Portugal and Timor-Leste
Chapter Three: Electing presidents with moderating power
Chapter Four: What do presidents do with moderating power?
Chapter Five: Moderating power and partisan presidents: two empirical cases
Chapter Six: The moderating power of presidents: Rex regnat sed non gubernat.

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