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A central normative question regarding government systems is: Which arrangement of executive-legislative relations is preferable? Theoretical debates about government systems started from Juan Linz’s criticism on presidentialism. Since then, debates on government systems have been actively progressed by counter-arguments of scholars preferring presidential systems. The aim of this paper is to contribute to this debate by exploring different government systems of twenty-six post-communist countries in Eastern Europe and Central Asia. By using quantitative analyses of political and economic performance in the countries from 1991 to 2013, this study tests whether or not government systems matter for democratic and economic development. The results show that parliamentary and mixed systems have performed better for political and economic development than presidential systems in the post-communist countries. Yes, the results also suggest that the significance of government systems for political and economic development is less obvious than many scholars have argued. Thus, it is not fair to insist that constitutional choices of some postcommunist countries are not rational. As a political institution, government systems seem to be the result of negotiation among political leaders during democratic transition period rather than a determinant of political and economic performance.

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Abstract
 Introduction
 Theoretical Debates on Government Systems
  1. The Parliamentary Systems
  2. Presidential Systems
  3. Mixed Systems
 Government Systems in Post-Communist Countries
 Research Design
  1. Independent Variable (Government Systems)
  2. Dependent Variables
  3. Hypotheses
 Analyses and Findings
  1. Political Development (Democratic Consolidation)
  2. Economic Development
 Conclusion
 References

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저자

• Ho Keun Yoo [ Cheongju University, Korea ]
• Young Choul Kim [ University of Evansville, USA ]

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• 간행물명

  평화학연구 [THE JOURNAL OF PEACE STUDIES]

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• pISSN

  1738-2580

• 수록기간

  2004~2024

• 등재여부

  KCI 등재

• 십진분류

  KDC 340 DDC 320