The Failure of Cohabitation
Explaining the 2007 and 2012 Institutional Crises in Romania
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12148682 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Gherghina (0000-0002-6627-5598, Goethe University Frankfurt, corresponding author), Sergiu Mișcoiu (0000-0002-3148-8817, Babeș-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 27 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 668-684 |
| Publication date | 2013-05-15 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | East European Politics and Societies and Cultures (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0888-3254 • E-ISSN: 1533-8371 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0888325413485621 |
| OpenAlex | W2327878853 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 19 |
Built on concurrent claims of legitimacy, the semi-presidential constitutional framework is prone to conflicts between the office holders. Cohabitation is a particular instance in which the president’s party is not represented in government and he has to share executive power with a prime minister. Instead of producing a flexible dual-authority structure within the executive, cohabitation has always tended to generate institutional crises in Romania, ending with the impeachment of the president (2007 and 2012). This article identifies a combination of four factors leading to this outcome: legislative ambiguity, the composition of the legislature, the absence of external pressures, and the leaders’ personality
Cohabitation · Impeachment · Legislature · Legitimacy · Political science · Politics · Power (physics · Presidential system · Sociology · Law · Political Systems and Governance · Public Administration
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Distant souls
| Unique citing works | 19 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,58 |
| Citation span | 2014 - 2026 (13) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 19 |