Beyond Presidentialism and Parliamentarism

This book elaborates a theory of 'semi-parliamentary government', an often neglected form of government that instantiates the principle of the separation of powers, by demonstrating how it reconciles important benefits of both presidential and parliamentary systems.

Steffen Ganghof is Professor of Comparative Politics, University of Potsdam. His research concentrates on political institutions and democratic theory. In addition to many articles and chapters, he has authored or co-edited four books in German and he is the author of The Politics of Income Taxation: A Comparative Analysis (ECPR Press, 2006).

- 1: The Road Not Taken
- 2: Separation of Powers Presidentialism
- 3: Why We Need the Concept of Semi-Parliamentary Government
- 4: Are Some Forms of Government More Democratic Than Others?
- 5: Visions of Democracy and the Limits of Parliamentarism
- 6: How Semi-Parliamentarism Can Balance Visions of Democracy
- 7: Design Matters: Second Chambers, Cabinet Formation, and Constitutional Reform
- 8: Designing Semi-Parliamentary Democracy
- 9: Against Presidentialism
- Appendix