Presidents above Parties?
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Presidents above Parties?

Presidents in Central and Eastern Europe, Their Formal Competencies and Informal Power

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Presidents above Parties?

Presidents in Central and Eastern Europe, Their Formal Competencies and Informal Power

About this book

There may be a certain discrepancy between formal and actual positions of presidents in Central and East European countries which are classified as parliamentary democracies or systems with semi-presidential features. The aim of the forthcoming book is to find out whether we can trace an increasing engagement of presidents in everyday politics. If so, the authors will try to find out the cause of their increasing engagement, how they it is manifested and whether it is caused by the president's personality or rather by a changing structure of political opportunities that provides presidents with room to manoeuvre.

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Table of contents

  1. Table of contents
  2. List of Abbreviations
  3. List of Tables
  4. List of Figures
  5. List of Contributors
  6. Acknowledgements
  7. 1 Heads of State in Parliamentary Democracies: The Temptation to Accrue Personal Power. VÍT HLOUŠEK
  8. 2 Different Confessions, Same Sins? Václav Havel and Václav Klaus as Czech Presidents. LUBOMÍR KOPEČEK AND JOSEF MLEJNEK
  9. 3 Weak but Not Powerless: The Position of the President in the Hungarian Political System. GÁBOR DOBOS – ATTILA GYULAI – ATTILA HORVÁTH
  10. 4 Thee Guardian of the Chandelier or a Powerful Statesman? Thee Historical, Cultural and Legislative Determinants of the Political Role of the President of Poland. PIOTR SULA – AGNIESZKA SZUMIGALSKA
  11. 5 Slovakia: In Search of Limits. PETER SPÁČ
  12. 6 The Chameleonic Character of the Slovenian Presidents of the Republic. ALENKA KRAŠOVEC AND DAMJAN LAJH
  13. 7 The Presidency in the Republic of Estonia. REIN TOOMLA
  14. 8 Seven Democrats and a Dictator: Formal and Informal Powers of Latvia’s Presidents. DAUNIS AUERS
  15. 9 Lithuania’s President: A Formal and Informal Power. ALGIS KRUPAVIČIUS
  16. 10 The Role of the President in Bulgarian Politics: The Veto as a Tool for Legitimation? BLAGOVESTA CHOLOVA
  17. 11 Formal and Informal Powers in a Semi-Presidential Regime: The Case of Romania. SERGIU GHERGHINA
  18. 12 The Political Role of Presidents in the Countries of Central and Eastern Europe: Some Tentative Conclusions. VÍT HLOUŠEK
  19. Summary
  20. References
  21. Name Index