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Philipp Dann - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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european parliament and executive federalism approaching a parliament in a semi Parliamentary democracy
European Law Journal, 2003Co-Authors: Philipp DannAbstract:The European Parliament has often been understood along the lines of theories of European integration - compared to regular parliaments by Federalists or belittled as merely an international assembly by intergovernmentalists. This paper proposes an understanding of the European Parliament not along theories about what the EU should become, but what it is and surely will continue to be, that is a very distinct federal structure. The European Parliament is a parliament in an executive federalism - with far-reaching consequences for its form and functions. After outlining the characteristics of this federal structure, these consequences will be demonstrated by analysing the European Parliament in contrast with two ideal types of parliaments: the working parliament, separated from the executive branch and centred around strong committees (like the US Congress), and the debating parliament, characterised by the fusion of Parliamentary Majority and government as well as plenary debates (like the British House of Commons). Dwelling thus on a comparison to a legislature in a non-Parliamentary federal system, like the US Congress, this paper argues that the European Parliament might best be understood as a special case of a working parliament. Finally, it will be proposed to consider the influence of executive federalism not only as fundamentally shaping the European Parliament but also as rendering the EU generally a semi-Parliamentary democracy.
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European Parliament and Executive Federalism: Approaching a Parliament in a Semi‐Parliamentary Democracy
European Law Journal, 2003Co-Authors: Philipp DannAbstract:The European Parliament has often been understood along the lines of theories of European integration - compared to regular parliaments by Federalists or belittled as merely an international assembly by intergovernmentalists. This paper proposes an understanding of the European Parliament not along theories about what the EU should become, but what it is and surely will continue to be, that is a very distinct federal structure. The European Parliament is a parliament in an executive federalism - with far-reaching consequences for its form and functions. After outlining the characteristics of this federal structure, these consequences will be demonstrated by analysing the European Parliament in contrast with two ideal types of parliaments: the working parliament, separated from the executive branch and centred around strong committees (like the US Congress), and the debating parliament, characterised by the fusion of Parliamentary Majority and government as well as plenary debates (like the British House of Commons). Dwelling thus on a comparison to a legislature in a non-Parliamentary federal system, like the US Congress, this paper argues that the European Parliament might best be understood as a special case of a working parliament. Finally, it will be proposed to consider the influence of executive federalism not only as fundamentally shaping the European Parliament but also as rendering the EU generally a semi-Parliamentary democracy.
Gianfranco Pasquino - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Italian politics: no improvement in sight
Journal of Modern Italian Studies, 2007Co-Authors: Gianfranco PasquinoAbstract:Abstract The victory of the center left in the April 2006 elections was the product of a small numerical Majority that has been translated into a slim Parliamentary Majority in the Senate. However, the difficulties of Prodi's government have deeper roots. This article explores the structural factors of Italy's never ending political and institutional transitions, both in the political and in the social sphere. Electoral and institutional reforms may help, but the crisis runs deeper because it also affects the authorities, their origin, their quality, their performance and the political community, its fragmentation and its anti-political beliefs.
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A new political system
European Journal of Political Research, 1997Co-Authors: Maurice Duverger, Arend Lijphart, Gianfranco PasquinoAbstract:This article aims at defining the concept of ‘semi-presidential government’ and detailing the diversity of its practices. There are in fact three types of semi-presidential regimes: the president can be a mere figurehead, or he may be all-powerful or again he can share his power with parliament. Using four parameters -- the content of the constitution, tradition and circumstances, the composition of the Parliamentary Majority and the position of the president in relation to the Majority -- the author seeks to explain why similar constitutions are applied in a radically different manner.
Benjamin Nyblade - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Japan: the prime minister and the Japanese Diet
The Journal of Legislative Studies, 2004Co-Authors: Mikitaka Masuyama, Benjamin NybladeAbstract:Traditionally, executive leadership has been considered weak and largely irrelevant in Japanese politics. The prime minister from 1955 to 1993 was selected from the dominant Liberal Democratic Party and was constrained by the strong internecine factional conflict in his party and, for much of the 1970s and early 1980s, a razor-thin Parliamentary Majority. Since 1993, coalition politics have become the norm. While most scholars suggest that coalition politics would constrain the executive even further, the decline of factionalism and increased efficacy of ‘going public’ has allowed a greater potential for executive leadership in Japan.
Maurice Duverger - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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A new political system
European Journal of Political Research, 1997Co-Authors: Maurice Duverger, Arend Lijphart, Gianfranco PasquinoAbstract:This article aims at defining the concept of ‘semi-presidential government’ and detailing the diversity of its practices. There are in fact three types of semi-presidential regimes: the president can be a mere figurehead, or he may be all-powerful or again he can share his power with parliament. Using four parameters -- the content of the constitution, tradition and circumstances, the composition of the Parliamentary Majority and the position of the president in relation to the Majority -- the author seeks to explain why similar constitutions are applied in a radically different manner.
Mikitaka Masuyama - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Japan: the prime minister and the Japanese Diet
The Journal of Legislative Studies, 2004Co-Authors: Mikitaka Masuyama, Benjamin NybladeAbstract:Traditionally, executive leadership has been considered weak and largely irrelevant in Japanese politics. The prime minister from 1955 to 1993 was selected from the dominant Liberal Democratic Party and was constrained by the strong internecine factional conflict in his party and, for much of the 1970s and early 1980s, a razor-thin Parliamentary Majority. Since 1993, coalition politics have become the norm. While most scholars suggest that coalition politics would constrain the executive even further, the decline of factionalism and increased efficacy of ‘going public’ has allowed a greater potential for executive leadership in Japan.