A Study of Semi-presidentialism in Russia, Eastern Europe and Taiwan: A Tr iangular Approach
Date Issued
1999-07-31
Date
1999-07-31
Author(s)
DOI
882414H002018
Abstract
The academic study of political
institutions made great progress with the
development of the concept of “semipresidentialism”
coined by Maurice Duverger.
This study applies this concept to a
comparison between the constitutional
frameworks and system performances of the
Russian Federation, Poland, and the Republic
of China on Taiwan. It is found that political
stability in a semi-presidential system hinges
on three crucial factors: presidential power,
president-parliament congruence, and party
system. Strong president, incongruent
president-parliament relation, and multi-party
system is a recipe of political instability.
Weak president (i.e. strong prime minister),
congruent president-parliament relation, and
bi-party system (prone to clear parliamentary
majority) is conducive to political stability. In
the ROC, there is strong president, congruent
president-parliament relation, and bi-party
system. In Poland, there is weak president,
incongruent president-parliament relation,and
multi-party system. In the Russian Federation,
there is strong president, incongruent
president-parliament relation, and multi-party
system. As a result, Taiwan enjoys the
highest degree of political stability among the
three, followed by Poland. Russia suffers
from great political turbulence as a result of
its institutional design.
Subjects
political institution
Russia
Poland
Taiwan
semi-presidential
system
system
political stability
SDGs
Publisher
臺北市：國立臺灣大學政治學系暨研究所
Type
report
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