"POLITICAL SCIENCE / Government / National." . . "Palgrave Connect (Online service)" . . "Präsidentielles Regierungssystem." . . "Executive power Cross-cultural studies." . . "Executive power / Cross-cultural studies." . "Executive power." . . "Cross-cultural studies"@en . . . . . . . . . . . "\"This study presents the presidential republic as the most widespread form of government in the contemporary world and looks at the countries which pioneered that development.It assesses the development of presidential republics and looks as the variety of national arrangements and practices, whose common characteristics are to constitute 'presidential republics', and the positioning of this regime alongside monarchies and parliamentary republics. It also addresses the part played by presidential leadership in helping to legitimise the regimes of the new countries.Offering an insight into presidential republics across Latin America, Africa and the Ex-soviet union, this text is a seminal work on political regimes and essential reading for all students and scholars with an interest in political institutions and leadership world-wide\"--"@en . "\"This study presents the presidential republic as the most widespread form of government in the contemporary world and looks at the countries which pioneered that development.It assesses the development of presidential republics and looks as the variety of national arrangements and practices, whose common characteristics are to constitute 'presidential republics', and the positioning of this regime alongside monarchies and parliamentary republics. It also addresses the part played by presidential leadership in helping to legitimise the regimes of the new countries.Offering an insight into presidential republics across Latin America, Africa and the Ex-soviet union, this text is a seminal work on political regimes and essential reading for all students and scholars with an interest in political institutions and leadership world-wide\"--" . "\"This study presents the presidential republic as the most widespread form of government in the contemporary world and looks at the countries which pioneered that development.It assesses the development of presidential republics and looks as the variety of national arrangements and practices, whose common characteristics are to constitute 'presidential republics', and the positioning of this regime alongside monarchies and parliamentary republics. It also addresses the part played by presidential leadership in helping to legitimise the regimes of the new countries.Offering an insight into presidential republics across Latin America, Africa and the Ex-soviet union, this text is a seminal work on political regimes and essential reading for all students and scholars with an interest in political institutions and leadership world-wide\"--." . . . . . "Electronic books"@en . . . . . "The presidential republic"@en . "The presidential republic" . . . "Presidents." . . "Internationaler Vergleich." . . . . "Presidents Cross-cultural studies." . . "Presidents / Cross-cultural studies." . "Republicanism." . . "Republicanism Cross-cultural studies." . . "Republicanism / Cross-cultural studies." . "Comparative government." . . "POLITICAL SCIENCE / Government / Comparative." . . "Representative government and representation." . . "POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Democracy." . .