Government formation and cabinet types in new democracies: Armenia and Georgia in comparative European perspective

Nakashidze, Malkhaz

doi:10.1016/j.icj.2016.06.001

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“…Recent political practices in Western and Eastern Europe from 1990-2012 show that the most basic types of governments include (1) single-party majority government, (2) minimal-winning coalition government (where there are multiple parties in government and the support of every single party is required to maintain a parliamentary majority), (3) surplus coalition government (where there are multiple parties in government but the support of all parties is not needed to maintain a parliamentary majority), (4) single-party minority government (where there is only one party in government without a parliamentary majority), and (5) coalition minority government (in which multiple parties do not control a parliamentary majority) [44]. The current Finnish government is a minimal winning coalition (Centre party with 49 seats, True Finns with 38 and a coalition party with 37 seats out of the 200 total seats in parliament).…”

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Government Programme as a Strategy—The Finnish Experience

Johanson

Pekkola

Husman

2017

Administrative Sciences

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This article uses strategy metaphors consisting of a plan, a home and a game to study government programme formation in Finland. The strategy approach both contradicts and complements the traditional political science approach to government formation. The government programme has been strategic in the sense of separating the formulation and implementation parts of the strategy. The most important function of the metaphor of plan is to hold coalition parties together. The adopted austerity policy provides a meagre contribution to the expansion of services and the increase in government spending. Consequently, the home metaphor in the government programme appears in the distant future and in combating external threats. The game metaphor is apparent in the goal of making contracts with social partners. The vocabulary change from politics to strategy alters the government programme's position in terms of catering to the needs of civil servants, citizens and stakeholders. The strategy perspective might be instrumental in shifting open democratic debates to closed and secretive policy formations.

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Government Programme as a Strategy—The Finnish Experience

Johanson

Pekkola

Husman

2017

Administrative Sciences

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“…Recent political practices in Western and Eastern Europe from 1990-2012 show that the most basic types of governments include 1) single-party majority government, 2) minimal-winning coalition government (where there are multiple parties in government and the support of every single party is required to maintain a parliamentary majority), 3) surplus coalition government (where there are multiple parties in government but the support of all parties is not needed to maintain a parliamentary majority), 4) single-party minority government (where there is only one party in government without a parliamentary majority) and 5) coalition minority government (in which multiple parties do not control a parliamentary majority) [44]. The current Finnish government is a minimal winning coalition (entre party with 49 seats, True Finns with 38 and coalition party with 37 seats out of the 200 total seats in parliament).…”

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Government Programme as a Strategy—The Finnish Experience

Johanson¹,

Pekkola²,

Husman³

2017

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This article uses strategy metaphors consisting of a plan, a home and a game to study government programme formation in Finland. The strategy approach both contradicts and complements the traditional political science approach to government formation, which has been strategic in the sense of separating the formulation and implementation parts of the strategy according to the principles of planning ideas. The adopted austerity policy provides a meagre contribution to the expansion of services and the increase in government spending. Consequently, the home metaphor in the government programme appears in the distant future and in combating external threats. The game metaphor is apparent in the goal of making contracts with social partners. The vocabulary change from politics to strategy alters the government programme's position in terms of catering to the needs of civil servants, citizens and stakeholders. The strategy perspective might be instrumental in shifting open democratic debates to closed and secretive policy formations.

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“…The aim of the present article is to answer the question about the current presidential model in both countries, whether there are major differences between their respective presidential electoral laws and whether there is a correlation between the degree of democracy in the political system and presidential electoral law� The article begins with a description of the context of the evolution in the position of presidents of Armenia and Georgia within the political system, and their legal basis, followed by an analysis of the principles of electoral law and the most important elements of the electoral procedure� The article also fills a gap in the research into contemporary constitutional laws of Armenia and Georgia� The evolution of the position of presidents within the political systems of Georgia and Armenia has already been described (Kuca & Grzybowski, 2012;Bożyk, 2012;Kuca, 2014;Fedorowicz, 2016;Makarov, 2016;Nakashidze, 2016aNakashidze, , 2016b, however, the most recent constitutional reforms still need to be taken into account�…”

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Presidential Electoral Law and Democratic Transformation: Tentative Conclusions from Armenia and Georgia

Czachor¹

2022

APSP

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In recent years, Armenia and Georgia have carried out constitutional reforms bringing about a radical change in their respective political systems with a shift to a parliamentary model of government. To permanently democratize both countries, the role of presidents in political systems was weakened and their election was introduced indirectly. The paper discusses the main elements of presidential electoral law in both countries with their main similarities and differences. In Armenia, the president is elected by the parliament, while in Georgia by a special electoral body. The following paper argues that the constitutional reforms in both countries are intended to prevent crises of power caused by an excessive concentration of power in the hands of presidents, although the reforms do not provide a guarantee of genuine democratisation and authoritarstability of governments. The possible outcomes of the reforms can be different: in Armenia – the increase of the dependence of the president on the main political parties, in Georgia – strengthening his independence.

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Government formation and cabinet types in new democracies: Armenia and Georgia in comparative European perspective

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Government Programme as a Strategy—The Finnish Experience

Government Programme as a Strategy—The Finnish Experience

Government Programme as a Strategy—The Finnish Experience

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