Two and a Half Crises: Serbian Institutional Design as the Cause of Democratic Declines
| Autor: | Dušan Spasojević |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
| Předmět: |
021110 strategic
defence & security studies Sociology and Political Science Electoral system media_common.quotation_subject Proportional representation 05 social sciences 0211 other engineering and technologies 02 engineering and technology 16. Peace & justice Democracy language.human_language 0506 political science Populism Politics Political science Political economy Political Science and International Relations Institutional design 050602 political science & public administration language Democratization Serbian media_common |
| Zdroj: | Political Studies Review. 20:550-563 |
| ISSN: | 1478-9302 1478-9299 |
| DOI: | 10.1177/14789299211056197 |
| Popis: | This article investigates the effects of Serbian semi-presidentialism and the proportional representation electoral system on democratic performances. Both electoral and political systems provide incentives for power-sharing mechanisms and the pluralistic character of the party system. However, in situations when one party becomes much stronger and predominant, there is a growing probability for the presidentialization of politics and excessive centralization of power that might lead to competitive authoritarianism. I am analysing three such cases from different periods – Milošević regime (1990–2000), the first transitional decade (2000–2012) and the return of the old regime (2012–2020) in order to identify causes of democratic crises that are embedded in institutional design. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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