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2020 | OriginalPaper | Chapter

1. Introduction

Authors : Tapio Raunio, Thomas Sedelius

Published in: Semi-Presidential Policy-Making in Europe

Publisher: Springer International Publishing

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Abstract

This introductory chapter explains the main idea and objectives of emphasizing institutional coordination between the president and the prime minister in semi-presidential regimes. The book makes four main contributions to the literature: it develops a multidisciplinary theoretical framework drawing on four strands of literature; it provides an in-depth analysis of intra-executive decision-making based on unique expert interview data; it offers new insights on foreign policy leadership in semi-presidential regimes; and finally, it identifies institutional conditions that facilitate successful policy coordination in semi-presidential regimes. The chapter introduces the research design and data, presenting the focused comparison of Finland, Lithuania, and Romania and the use of expert interviews to reach behind the scenes of semi-presidential policy-making.

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Duverger (1980: 4) provided a definition of semi-presidentialism including three criteria: (1) the president is elected by universal suffrage, (2) the president possesses quite considerable powers, and (3) there is also a prime minister and other ministers who possesses executive and governmental power and can stay in office only with the consent of the parliament.
 
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Metadata
Title
Introduction
Authors
Tapio Raunio
Thomas Sedelius
Copyright Year
2020
Book
Semi-Presidential Policy-Making in Europe

Print ISBN: 978-3-030-16430-0

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-030-16431-7

Copyright Year: 2020

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-16431-7_1