Party government in Europe? Parliamentary and semi-presidential democracies compared

Control over government portfolios is the key to power over policy and patronage, and it is commonly understood to lie with parties in European democracies. However, since the democratic transitions of the 1990s, Europe has had nearly equal numbers of parliamentary and semi-presidential regimes, and...

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Main Authors: Schleiter, P, Jones, E
Format: Journal article
Published: Wiley Blackwell 2009