Puppets of the president? Prime ministers in post-communist Romania
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6255145 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Laurenţiu Ştefan (0000-0002-3725-9425, West University of Timişoara, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 37 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 481-495 |
| Publication date | 2021-07-03 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | East European Politics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2159-9165 • E-ISSN: 2159-9173 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/21599165.2021.1873779 |
| OpenAlex | W3125197591 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 10 |
With sixteen Prime Ministers (PMs) in thirty years, Romania seems to fit well in the Central and Eastern European pattern of countries with “weak” heads of party governments. This article aims at contributing to the extant literature by focusing on the relationship between presidents and PMs in the Romanian context. In doing so, it challenges the general assumption that in semi-presidential systems heads of state predominate over heads of government. The empirical analysis of all Romanian chief executives since 1989 reveals that the actual power of presidents over PMs largely depends on their political convergence with the parliamentary majority
Communism · Context (archaeology · Convergence (economics · Economic growth · Economics · Extant taxon · Government (linguistics · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Power (physics · Presidential system · Prime (order theory · Prime minister · Romanian · Sociology · State (computer science · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · History · Law · Political Influence and Corporate Strategies · Political Systems and Governance · Public Administration
Presidents, Parties, and Prime Ministers
Romania since the Second World War
Politics of Intraexecutive Conflict in Semipresidential Regimes in Eastern Europe
Parliamentary Elites in Central and Eastern Europe
Intra-executive Conflict and Cabinet Instability
Embattled executives
Semi-presidentialism, Cohabitation and the Collapse of Electoral Democracies, 1990–2008
| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 0,67 |
| Citation span | 2023 - 2024 (2) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |