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The Presidentialisation of Political Parties in the Western Balkans

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Editors:
  1. Gianluca Passarelli

    1. Department of Political Sciences, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy

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  • Applies the concept of presidentialisation to the party politics of Western Balkan countries

  • Unravels the relations among presidentialisation, political systems and leadership

  • Combines intrinsic intra-party variables with general variables of political regimes

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxii
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  2. The Presidentialisation of Political Parties in the Western Balkans

    • Gianluca Passarelli
    Pages 1-22

  3. The Presidentialisation of Political Parties in Croatia: Institutional Change Matters

    • Dario Nikić ÄŒakar
    Pages 23-47

  4. The Presidentialisation of Political Parties in Serbia: Influence of Direct Elected President

    • Spasojević DuÅ¡an, Stojiljković Zoran
    Pages 49-71

  5. The Presidentialisation of Political Parties in Bosnia and Herzegovina: A Mitigated Presidentialism

    • Suad Arnautović
    Pages 73-96

  6. The Presidentialisation of Political Parties in Macedonia: The Role of Ethnics

    • Dane Taleski, Viktor Dimovski, Lura Pollozhani
    Pages 97-117

  7. The Presidentialisation of Political Parties in Montenegro: A Limited Semi-presidentialism

    • Zlatko Vujović, Nikoleta Tomović
    Pages 119-144

  8. The Presidentialisation of Parties in Slovenia: Leaders and Parties

    • Danica Fink-Hafner, Alenka KraÅ¡ovec
    Pages 145-167

  9. The Presidentialisation of Political Parties in Albania: Parliamentary Constraints

    • Afrim Krasniqi
    Pages 169-192

  10. The Presidentialisation of Political Parties in Kosovo: Institutional Limits

    • Albert Krasniqi
    Pages 193-213

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 215-217
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This book examines the process of presidentialisation of political parties in the Western Balkans. The Western Balkan countries deserve to be analysed in a comparative perspective due to their distinctive features in terms of processes of democratization, forms of government and institutional assets, the presence of social cleavages (religious, linguistic, ethnic), and, of course, the nature of political parties which differs from other European cases, especially in terms of origins, organization and structure. However, Western Balkan political parties do show certain similarities with other West European cases where power is centralised and held by the parties’ leadership. The book ultimately attempts to test whether and to what extent the influence of institutional variables affects the level of presidentialisation of political parties, also considering the parties’ organization features.   

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Political Sciences, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy

    Gianluca Passarelli

About the editor

Gianluca Passarelli is Associate Professor in Political Science at the Department of Political Sciences, Sapienza University, Roma, Italy. His main research interests are presidential politics, political parties, electoral systems, elections and electoral behaviour. Among his recent publications are articles appearing in Party Politics, Political Geography, Representation, French Politics, and Political Studies Review.   


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