Original scientific paper

Comparative Research of Semi-Presidential Systems in Central and Eastern Europe: the Problems of Conceptual Stretching, Selection Bias, Typologisation and Denomination

Mirjana Kasapović ; Faculty of Political Science, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia

Abstract

The author deals with the theoretical and methodological problems of comparative research of semi-presidential systems in Central and Eastern Europe. The first part of the article outlines three strands of interpretation that refute Duverger’s concept of semi-presidential system as a political system sui generis. The second part presents the maximalist and minimalist perspectives on semi-presidentialism in the contemporary literature of political science. The third part addresses the problems of conceptual stretching, selection bias, vaguenesses of typologisation and denominational confusion accompanying comparative studies of semi-presidential systems in two European transition regions. The fourth, and fi nal, part puts forward the author’s own approach to conceptualisation and typologisation of semi-presidential systems.

Keywords

semi-presidential systems; Central and Eastern Europe; comparative politics; Duverger’s concept of semi-presidential system

Hrčak ID:

38262

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/38262

Publication date:

15.5.2007.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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