Sophia Moestrup
Biographic Data
| ID | 1679285 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sophia Moestrup |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sophia |
| FAMILY NAME | Moestrup |
| SIGNATURE | MOESTRUP S |
| AFFILIATIONS | George Washington University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4399-7643 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 11 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 3 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1999 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Presidential Activism in Sub-Saharan Africa: Explaining Variation Among Semi-Presidential Countries
This article seeks to explain variations in presidential activism in semi-presidential countries in Sub-Saharan Africa. Africa is one of the continents where semi-presidentialism is most prevalent, but the dynamics of intra-executive relations are severely understudied. The four case studies discussed here—the Democratic Republic of Congo, Niger, Cabo Verde, and São Tomé e Príncipe—belong to the premier-presidential subtype. In this exploratory s…
Semi-Presidentialism
This book takes stock of what we have learned to date about the impact of semi-presidentialism on democracy from a cross-regional perspective. We do so by discussing institutional choice, operational subtypes, system performance, and the evolution of semi-presidentialism, following a logical sequence. In so doing, the present volume covers more ground than any previous work on semi-presidentialism, both in terms of comprehensive coverage of regio…
Semi-Presidentialism and Democracy
Explores the effect of semi-presidentialism on newly-democratising countries. In recent years semi-presidentialism - the situation where a constitution makes provision for both a directly elected pres
Semi-Presidentialism Outside Europe
Semi-presidentialism Outside Europe: A Comparative Study
The role of actors and institutions: The difficulties of democratic survival in Mali and Niger
Mali and Niger, two neighbouring countries in Francophone West Africa, offer a good opportunity for identifying key factors favouring the survival of a young democracy. While democracy has so far survived, just about, in Mali, it ended in Niger with a coup d'état in January 1996. Given comparable levels of poor economic development and similar troubled modern political histories, economic and societal preconditions do not provide clues to the dif…
The role of actors and institutions: The difficulties of democratic survival in Mali and Niger
Mali and Niger, two neighbouring countries in Francophone West Africa, offer a good opportunity for identifying key factors favouring the survival of a young democracy. While democracy has so far survived, just about, in Mali, it ended in Niger with a coup d'état in January 1996. Given comparable levels of poor economic development and similar troubled modern political histories, economic and societal preconditions do not provide clues to the dif…
Presidential Activism in Sub-Saharan Africa: Explaining Variation Among Semi-Presidential Countries
This article seeks to explain variations in presidential activism in semi-presidential countries in Sub-Saharan Africa. Africa is one of the continents where semi-presidentialism is most prevalent, but the dynamics of intra-executive relations are severely understudied. The four case studies discussed here—the Democratic Republic of Congo, Niger, Cabo Verde, and São Tomé e Príncipe—belong to the premier-presidential subtype. In this exploratory s…
The role of actors and institutions: The difficulties of democratic survival in Mali and Niger
Mali and Niger, two neighbouring countries in Francophone West Africa, offer a good opportunity for identifying key factors favouring the survival of a young democracy. While democracy has so far survived, just about, in Mali, it ended in Niger with a coup d'état in January 1996. Given comparable levels of poor economic development and similar troubled modern political histories, economic and societal preconditions do not provide clues to the dif…
Semi-Presidentialism Outside Europe
Semi-presidentialism Outside Europe: A Comparative Study
Semi-Presidentialism
This book takes stock of what we have learned to date about the impact of semi-presidentialism on democracy from a cross-regional perspective. We do so by discussing institutional choice, operational subtypes, system performance, and the evolution of semi-presidentialism, following a logical sequence. In so doing, the present volume covers more ground than any previous work on semi-presidentialism, both in terms of comprehensive coverage of regio…
Semi-Presidentialism and Democracy
Explores the effect of semi-presidentialism on newly-democratising countries. In recent years semi-presidentialism - the situation where a constitution makes provision for both a directly elected pres
Presidential Activism in Sub-Saharan Africa: Explaining Variation Among Semi-Presidential Countries
This article seeks to explain variations in presidential activism in semi-presidential countries in Sub-Saharan Africa. Africa is one of the continents where semi-presidentialism is most prevalent, but the dynamics of intra-executive relations are severely understudied. The four case studies discussed here—the Democratic Republic of Congo, Niger, Cabo Verde, and São Tomé e Príncipe—belong to the premier-presidential subtype. In this exploratory s…
Democracy (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Political economy (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Politics (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Political Conflict and Governance (3 works) · Presidential system (3 works) · American Constitutional Law and Politics (2 works) · Political science (2 works)