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Title [en]
Semi-Presidential Shifts in the Shadow of Russia: Executive Power and Party Behavior in Armenia, Georgia, and Ukraine
Abstract [en]
Constitutional stability among post-Soviet countries is challenged by recurring institutional conflict, autocratic presidents, weak party systems, frequent changes to the constitution, and external aggression from Russia. Semi-presidentialism, where a directly elected president shares executive power with a prime minister, is currently the model in 20 countries in Eastern Europe. Several post-Soviet countries have recently shifted from a president-parliamentary to a premier-presidential form of semi-presidentialism, however, where weaker presidential powers are combined with a government anchored in parliament. The overall purpose of this project is to understand why and under what conditions post-Soviet countries have reduced presidential powers, and what implications these constitutional shifts have had on party organization and behavior. The project combines statistical analyses across the post-Soviet semi-presidential countries with a focused comparison of Armenia, Georgia, and Ukraine – three countries that, against the Kremlin's preferences, represent constitutional change away from a president-dominated system. We draw on a combination of expert interviews on the one hand, and on a palette of country-specific data and written material on the other. The project contributes to new empirical data and theoretical understanding of the interplay between constitutional change and party politics in a context of fragile democratization and Russia’s external pressure.
Principal Investigator
Sedelius, Thomas
Dalarna University, School of Culture and Society, Political Science
Södertörn University, School of Social Sciences, Political Science (2022-)
Co-Investigator
Duvold, Kjetil
Dalarna University, School of Culture and Society, Political Science
Södertörn University, School of Social Sciences, Political Science
Co-Investigator
Åberg, Jenny
Dalarna University, School of Culture and Society, Political Science
Coordinating organisation
Södertörn University
Funder
Östersjöstiftelsen
Period
2023-01-01 － 2025-12-31
Keywords [sv]
Östersjö- och Östeuropaforskning
Keywords [en]
Baltic and East European studies
Identifiers
DiVA, id: project:2786
Project, id: 22-PR2-0011_OS
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