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Metcalf, Lee. "Sailing Between Scylla and Charybdis: Presidential Power in East Central Europe" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Boston Marriott Copley Place, Sheraton Boston & Hynes Convention Center, Boston, Massachusetts, Aug 28, 2002 <Not Available>. 2009-05-26 <http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p66519_index.html>

Metcalf, L. K. , 2002-08-28 "Sailing Between Scylla and Charybdis: Presidential Power in East Central Europe" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Boston Marriott Copley Place, Sheraton Boston & Hynes Convention Center, Boston, Massachusetts Online <.PDF>. 2009-05-26 from http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p66519_index.html

Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript Review Method: Peer Reviewed Abstract: Scholars have tended to dichotimize the study of presidential power. Presidents are either popularly elected or not (with some slight variations), and regimes are either presidential or parliamentary depending in large measure on how the president is selected. Furthermore, it is asserted by many that for a variety of theoretical reasons popularly elected presidents are more powerful and more dangerous for democratic consolidation than those elected by the assembly. However, recent constitutional revisions in the post-communist states suggest that law makers do not see their options in such stark terms. Therefore, it is not surprising that some scholars are beginning to suggest that ?the operation of a political system cannot be entirely derived from the mode of government formation? and to propose that scholars examine the way that decision making is organized instead (Cheibub and Limongi 2002). This study examines the constitutional powers granted to presidents in the East Central European states to determine whether there is indeed a chasm between those that are popularly elected and those that are elected by the assembly or between those regimes better classified as parliamentary and those better classified as semi-presidential. It begins by examining the electoral format, and it then examines the authority granted to the executive in each of the East Central European constitutions using a list of powers developed by Shugart and Carey (1992) and modified by Metcalf (2000). Finally, it compares and contrasts the powers granted to popularly elected presidents and those granted to presidents elected by the assembly as well as those granted to presidents in parliamentary systems and those granted to presidents in semi-presidential systems.

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