LITHUANIA’S PRESIDENT: A FORMAL AND INFORMAL POWER
LITHUANIA’S PRESIDENT: A FORMAL AND INFORMAL POWER
Author(s): Algis Krupavičius
Subject(s): Political history, Recent History (1900 till today), Government/Political systems, Electoral systems
Published by: Masarykova univerzita nakladatelství
Keywords: Lithuania; Political history; Presidency; Political system;
Summary/Abstract: Lithuania is an example of the balanced form of semi-presidentialism with its advantages (mainly that it restricted a concentration of power in hands of one or few leaders) and disadvantages (as it led to several institutional conflicts, even including the impeachment of President Paksas in 2004).
- Page Range: 205-232
- Page Count: 28
- Publication Year: 2013
- Language: English
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