Semi-Presidential Policy-Making in Europe : Executive Coordination and Political Leadership (Palgrave Studies in Presidential Politics) （2020）

Raunio, Tapio/ Sedelius, Thomas

Springer Nature Switzerland AG（2020/08発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 169 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9783030164331
• DDC分類 320.4

Full Description

This book explores how power-sharing between the president and the prime minister works in semi-presidential regimes. In contrast to much of the existing comparative work on semi-presidentialism, the book emphasizes the role of institutional coordination at the most concrete level of executive policy-making, and asks how institutional coordination between the president and prime minister influences presidential activism and the balance of power within the executive. The authors develop a tentative framework embedded in institutionalism and based on four strands of research - semi-presidentialism, public administration, political leadership, and foreign policy analysis - which is subsequently applied to the cases of Lithuania, Romania and Finland. Given the political challenges facing many semi-presidential countries, the study ultimately seeks to identify institutional solutions that facilitate power-sharing and successful policy-making.

Contents

1 Introduction.- 2 Institutions, Coordination, and Leadership.- 3 The Semi-Presidential Cases in Comparative Context.- 4 Formal Coordination Mechanisms.- 5 Informal Avenues of Influence.- 6 Decision-Making in Foreign and Security Policies and EU Affairs.- 7 Conclusions.