Presidents of the Republic are crucial actors in both presidential and semi-presidential
regimes. Despite the fact that these two systems represent the majority of all the world's …

In a democracy, a constitutional separation of powers between the executive and the
assembly may be desirable, but the constitutional concentration of executive power in a …

How do right-wing-populist incumbents navigate rhetorical strategic choices when they seek
to manage external crises? Relevant literature has paid increasing attention to the role of …

This research provides new theoretical and empirical insights into the gender politics of the
springboards to chief executive office. The extremely masculinised composition of the …

This study introduces a new data set on personalism in ruling parties across the world's
democracies. We conceptualize party personalism as the extent to which parties are …

Research has found that the context in which presidents govern explains the relaxation of
term limits. However, presidents have strong motivations to retain power, and a minority of …

The article analyses the type of bicameralism we find in Australia as a distinct executive-
legislative system–a hybrid between parliamentary and presidential government–which we …

In this article we propose an innovative comparative analysis of cabinet reshuffles in Latin
American presidential systems, focusing on personal incentives as drivers of ministerial …

This article addresses the debate on the political professionalization backgrounds of
executive candidates at the regional level. At this level, two opposing forces may intervene …

Retrospective vote choice is a critical question asked in political science surveys. Yet, this
question suffers from persistently high item nonresponse rates, which can bias estimates …