TY  - JOUR
A1  - Kumarasingham, Harshan
T1  - Semi-presidentialism and democracy
JF  - Political studies review
Y1  - 2013
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1111/1478-9302.12016_10
SN  - 1478-9299
VL  - 11
IS  - 2
SP  - 263
EP  - 264
PB  - Wiley-Blackwell
CY  - Hoboken
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Kumarasingham, Harshan
T1  - Exporting executive accountability? - Westminster legacies of executive power
JF  - Parliamentary affairs : a journal of representative politics
N2  - The Westminster system places great power upon the Executive with minimal accountabilities. Despite the dissolution of the British Empire, so many countries maintained the Westminster system whether it was transplanted or implanted to their soil. The Westminster system provides various actors with a great potential of increasing power autonomy over others due to the high levels of flexibility and manoeuvrability. Political actors, especially following independence, were able to operate generally unencumbered by fixed and formal institutional expectations. This allowed the countries and their executive, particularly the Prime Minister, the ability to mould and establish constitutional traditions, which in turn shaped the nascent polity that surrounded the real and constitutional independence. This article examines the Westminster systems critical legacy to accountability and its impact on executive power.
Y1  - 2013
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1093/pa/gss008
SN  - 0031-2290
VL  - 66
IS  - 3
SP  - 579
EP  - 596
PB  - Oxford Univ. Press
CY  - Oxford
ER  -