The Presidential Republic

Front Matter....Pages i-ix
Introduction: The Need to Study the ‘Presidential Republic’ as a General Phenomenon of Contemporary Government....Pages 1-19
Front Matter....Pages 21-21
The Wide Spread of Presidential Republics and Their Key Role in the Political Development of ‘New Countries’....Pages 23-41
Presidential Republics alongside Monarchies and between Parliamentary Republics and Regimes of ‘Usurpers’....Pages 42-67
Is ‘Civilian Republican Leadership’ a Realistic Proposition, Especially in New Countries?....Pages 68-86
Front Matter....Pages 87-93
How Did Presidential Republics Emerge in Spanish America during the Prolonged and Harsh Independence Process (1810–26)....Pages 95-116
Latin American Presidential Republics from about 1830 to the Beginning of the Twenty-first Century....Pages 117-155
The Quasi-universal Adoption of the Presidential Republic Mode in Africa after the End of Colonialism....Pages 156-171
Presidential Republics in Africa from Independence to the Second Decade of the Twenty-first Century....Pages 172-210
The Quick Move towards the Presidential Republic in Eleven of the Very Different Countries of the Ex-Soviet Union....Pages 211-238
The Lack of Success of the Model of the Presidential Republic in Asia and Europe....Pages 239-259
Front Matter....Pages 261-268
Has There Been ‘Progress’ in the Characteristic Life of Presidential Republics?....Pages 269-288
Presidential Republics Are Not Inherently Unfit to Govern....Pages 289-309
Conclusion: Unity and Diversity in Presidential Republics....Pages 310-321
Back Matter....Pages 322-339