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First published

London ; New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2019

vii, 170 stran ; 24 cm

ISBN 978-0-367-58863-2 (brožováno)

Routledge research on social and political elites

Brožovaný dotisk 2020

Obsahuje bibliografii, bibliografické odkazy a rejstřík

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Introduction // 1 Theory and concepts: between parliamentarism and semi-presidentialism // 1.1 Extant scholarship on semi-presidentialism 6 // 1.1.1 "The inventor": Maurice Duverger and his concept of semi-presidentialism 7 // 1.1.2 "Doubters" and "rejecters" of semi-presidentialism 8 // 1.1.3 Duvergerian approach: "advocates" of Duverger’s concept of semi-presidentialism 10 // 1.1.4 "Post-Duvergerian" approach 13 // 1.2 How to understand parliamentarism and semi-presidentialism 13 // 1.2.1 Semi-presidentialism as a distinct democratic regime type 14 // 1.2.2 The definition 15 // 1.3 Presidential powers vs. popular vote in parliamentarism and semi-presidentialism 17 // 2 Origins and developments of the Central European regimes’ institutional settings // 2.1 Czechoslovakia, the Czech Republic and Slovakia 24 // 2.1.1 Czechoslovakia and its ambiguous tradition 24 // 2.1.2 Controversies of the wartime period and the Communist era 26 // vi Contents // 2.1.3 The Velvet Revolution and Velvet Divorce 28 // 2.1.4 Making of the 1992 constitutions 30 // 2.1.5 Constitutional system and development after 1993 34 // 2.1.6 Czech Republic and Slovakia: what tradition and why? 35 // 2.2 Poland 36 // 2.2.1 First "Rzeczpospolita" 37 // 2.2.2 Second Republic 38 // 2.2.3 Polish People’s Republic 39 // 2.2.4 Roundtable Talks and the making of the Third Republic 40 // 2.2.5 Constitution of 1997 and discussions on its revision 43 // 2.2.6 Poland: what tradition and why? 44 // 3 Formal presidential powers 52 // 3.1 Central European presidents and separation of powers 52 // 3.2 Classifications of presidential powers 55 // 3.3 Presidential powers in Central Europe 57 // 3.3.1 Independent legislative powers 57 // 3.3.2 Contingent legislative powers 59 // 3.3.3 Shared legislative powers 60 // 3.3.4 Independent non-legislative powers 60 // 3.3.5 Contingent non-legislative powers 62 //

3.3.6 Shared non-legislative powers 66 // 3.4 Measuring presidential powers 66 // 4 Presidential powers in practice 71 // 4.1 Legislative powers 71 // 4.1.1 Czech Republic 72 // 4.1.2 Slovakia 73 // 4.1.3 Poland 75 // 4.2 Non-legislative powers 80 // 4.2.1 Czech Republic 80 // 4.2.2 Slovakia 82 // 4.2.3 Poland 83 // 4.3 Other appointments and conflict areas 86 // 5 Accountability 93 // 5.1 Czech Republic 93 // 5.2 Slovakia 95 // 5.3 Poland 96 // Contents vii // 6 Beyond constitutions - other factors affecting presidential // power 99 // 6.1 Past legacies 99 // 6.1.1 Czech Republic 99 // 6.1.2 Slovakia 102 // 6.1.3 Poland 102 // 6.2 Popularity and expectations 104 // 6.2.1 Czech Republic 104 // 6.2.2 Slovakia 107 // 6.2.3 Poland 107 // 6.3 Relationship to parties 110 // 6.3.1 Czech Republic 110 // 6.3.2 Slovakia 113 // 6.3.3 Poland 116 // 6.4 Popular election of the president 120 // 6.4.1 Poland 120 // 6.4.2 Slovakia 122 // 6.4.3 Czech Republic 124 // 7 Classification of Central European regimes 131 // 7. 1 How are Central European regimes classified? 131 // 7.1.1 Czech, Polish and Slovak view 131 // 7.1.2 "Western" views 133 // 7.2 How should Central European regimes be classified? 134 // Conclusion // References // Index