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1. Semi-Presidentialism Outside Europe

   A Comparative Study

   Edited by Robert Elgie, Sophia Moestrup

   Series: Routledge Research in Comparative Politics

   This is the first academic study of the impact of semi-presidentialism in emerging democracies outside of Europe. Semi-presidentialism is where there is both a directly-elected fixed-term president and a prime minister who is responsible to the legislature. For the most part, semi-presidentialism...

   Published February 9th 2011 by Routledge
2. French Politics

   Debates and Controversies

   By Robert Elgie, Steven Griggs

   Accessible, up-to-date and comprehensive, this is an essential introduction to the French political system. Featuring detailed analysis of the most important debates and controversies concerning French politics today, the expert authors conclude that study of this subject is being transformed in...

   Published March 29th 2000 by Routledge
3. The Changing French Political System

   Edited by Robert Elgie

   Examining the nature of the Fifth Republic after its first 42 years, this study looks at the challenges posed by new parties and new expressions of political mobilization. Entrenched policy routines are being undermined by the emergence of new actors and the failure of old paradigms....

   Published February 27th 2000 by Routledge
4. The Politics of Central Banks

   By Robert Elgie, Helen Thompson

   Series: Routledge Advances in International Relations and Global Politics

   This book is a study of power. In particular, it is a study of governmental power in Britain and France. Its focus is the changing relationship between the government and the central bank in the two countries, and it examines the politics of this relationship since the time when the Bank of England...

   Published July 22nd 1998 by Routledge