Institutional resilience of Taiwan’s semi-presidential system
The Integration of the President and Premier Under Party Politics
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6233759 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Yu-Chung Shen (0000-0002-0433-2390, Tunghai University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 26 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 53-64 |
| Publication date | 2018-01-02 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Asian Journal of Political Science (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0218-5377 • E-ISSN: 1750-7812 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/02185377.2017.1366347 |
| OpenAlex | W2747866758 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 12 |
Over the past three decades, the semi-presidentialism has been adopted in most new democracies. It is also the constitutional order in most democracies, which can be divided into three categories: established, post-Leninist, and postcolonial democracies. Semi-presidentialism is a political system with dual executive branches. Moreover, because of these dual executive branches, the constitutional order of semi-presidentialism might be similar to a presidential system if the president is the de facto head of government. It might also be similar to a parliamentary system if the prime minister is the de facto head of government with the support of the parliamentary majority. Taiwan has been considered as a semi-presidential country since 1997. According to Taiwan's constitutional amendments, its president is directly elected, and the premier (prime minister) and cabinet are responsible to the legislature. Dual executive system in Taiwan has been effective and flexible. I attempt to examine the institutional resilience of Taiwan's constitutional function, which means that, in properly responding to social movements, its government has continued to function well. In addition, the president has been able to continue serving in office in spite of political crises. A vague constitutional design and a presidentialized party system are two reasons for this
Political economy · Political science · Politics · Presidential system · Resilience (materials science · Sociology · China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance · Hong Kong and Taiwan Politics · Law · Public Administration · Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies
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| Citations per year | 0,33 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2024 (5) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |