Types of semi-presidentialism and party competition structures in democracies: the cases of Portugal and Peru

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dc.contributor.authorJulcarima Alvarez, Gerson Francisco
dc.contributor.authorUniversity of Lethbridge. Faculty of Arts and Science
dc.contributor.supervisorSiaroff, Alan
dc.date.accessioned2021-01-20T22:14:02Z
dc.date.available2021-01-20T22:14:02Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.degree.levelMastersen_US
dc.description.abstractThis thesis analyzes the influence that the semi-presidential form of government has on the degree of closure of party competition structures. Thus, using part of the axioms of the so-called Neo-Madisonian theory of party behavior and Mair's theoretical approach to party systems, the behavior of parties in government in Portugal (1976-2019) and Peru (1980-1991 and 2001-2019) is analyzed. The working hypotheses propose that the president-parliamentary form of government promotes a decrease in the degree of closure of party competition structures, whereas the premier-presidential form of government promotes either an increase or a decrease in the closure levels of said structures. The investigation results corroborate that apart from the system of government, the degree of closure depends on the combined effect of the following factors: whether the president's party controls Parliament, the concurrence or not of presidential and legislative elections, and whether the party competition is bipolar or multipolar.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipAGES-International Masters award from the University of Lethbridge.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10133/5835
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.proquest.subject0615en_US
dc.proquestyesYesen_US
dc.publisherLethbridge, Alta. : University of Lethbridge, Dept. of Political Scienceen_US
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Political Scienceen_US
dc.publisher.facultyArts and Scienceen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesThesis (University of Lethbridge. Faculty of Arts and Science)en_US
dc.subjectsemi-presidentialism in Peru and Portugalen_US
dc.subjectparty competition structuresen_US
dc.subjectclosure of party competitionen_US
dc.subjectpresident-parliamentaryen_US
dc.subjectpremier-presidentialen_US
dc.subjectPolitical partiesen_US
dc.subjectSemi-presidential system -- Researchen_US
dc.subjectComparative governmenten_US
dc.subjectPortugal -- Politics and governmenten_US
dc.subjectPeru -- Politics and governmenten_US
dc.subjectNew democraciesen_US
dc.subjectDissertations, Academicen_US
dc.titleTypes of semi-presidentialism and party competition structures in democracies: the cases of Portugal and Peruen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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