HEADS OF STATE IN PARLIAMENTARY DEMOCRACIES: THE TEMPTATION TO ACCRUE PERSONAL POWER
HEADS OF STATE IN PARLIAMENTARY DEMOCRACIES: THE TEMPTATION TO ACCRUE PERSONAL POWER

Author(s): Vít Hloušek
Subject(s): Political history, Government/Political systems, Comparative politics
Published by: Masarykova univerzita nakladatelství
Keywords: Heads of state; Parliamentary Democracies; Personal power; Presidents in Central and Eastern Europe;
Summary/Abstract: Throughout the last two decades many countries in Central and Eastern Europe have witnessed the ongoing development of democratic governance, with the ultimate result that these countries have now obtained the status of stable democracies. They no longer encounter the problems associated with post-communist transition, although they have new and unique challenges that they have to deal with arising from the present political situation.

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