Semi-Presidential Systems: Dual Executive And Mixed Authority Patterns

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  title={Semi-Presidential Systems: Dual Executive And Mixed Authority Patterns},
  author={Matthew S{\o}berg Shugart},
  journal={French Politics},
  year={2005},
  volume={3},
  pages={323-351},
  url={https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:73642272}
}
  • M. Shugart
  • Published 30 November 2005
  • Political Science
  • French Politics
Maurice Duverger in 1980 advanced the concept of a ‘semi-presidential’ regime: a mix of a popularly elected and powerful presidency with a prime minister heading a cabinet subject to assembly… 
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