If Two Are Doing the Same, It Is Not the Same: Different Paths to Direct Presidential Elections in the Slovak and Czech Republics Cover Image

If Two Are Doing the Same, It Is Not the Same: Different Paths to Direct Presidential Elections in the Slovak and Czech Republics
If Two Are Doing the Same, It Is Not the Same: Different Paths to Direct Presidential Elections in the Slovak and Czech Republics

Author(s): Jakub Charvát, Petr Just
Subject(s): Politics, Political Sciences, Governance
Published by: Editura Universităţii din Bucureşti
Keywords: Czech Republic; Slovak Republic; President; direct elections; indirect elections; executive power

Summary/Abstract: This study analyses the genesis, implementation and application of direct presidential elections in the Czech Republic and Slovakia. It deals with the reasons and circumstances that led from indirect to direct elections, with emphasis on differences in both analyzed countries. The object of study is not to argue for or against the direct election, but to put the appropriate constitutional and political reform in the broader framework of the Czech and Slovak post-1993 developments

  • Issue Year: XVIII/2016
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 45-60
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: English