Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
List of Tables
1: The Perils of Semi-Presidentialism?
2: Variation within Semi-Presidentialism
3: Varieties of Semi-Presidentialism and Democratic Survival
4: Varieties of Semi-Presidentialism and the Performance of Democracy
5: Semi-Presidentialism and Democratic Survival and Collapse - Country Narratives
6: The Performance of Democracy under Semi-Presidentialism - Country Narratives
7: Premier-Presidentialism, President-Parliamentarism and Democratic Performance: Indicative Case Studies
8: Conclusion
Bibliography
Index

About the Author

Robert Elgie is the co-editor of the journal French Politics published by Palgrave and the co-editor of the Routledge/ECPR Studies in European Political Science series. He has published extensively on comparative politics, semi-presidentialism and French politics. He is Paddy Moriarty Professor of Government and International Studies at Dublin City University.