dc.description.tableofcontents | -- 1 Introduction: The Need to Study the ‘Presidential Republic’ as a General Phenomenon of Contemporary Government, 1
-- Part I The General Characteristics of the Phenomenon of the Presidential Republic, 21
-- 2 The Wide Spread of Presidential Republics and Their Key Role in the Political Development of ‘New Countries’, 23
-- 3 Presidential Republics alongside Monarchies and between Parliamentary Republics and Regimes of ‘Usurpers’, 42
-- 4 Is ‘Civilian Republican Leadership’ a Realistic Proposition, Especially in New Countries?, 68
-- Part II Presidential Republics in a Comparative Historical Perspective, 87
-- 5 How Did Presidential Republics Emerge in Spanish America during the Prolonged and Harsh Independence Process (1810–26), 95
-- 6 Latin American Presidential Republics from about 1830 to the Beginning of the Twenty-first Century, 117
-- 7 The Quasi-universal Adoption of the Presidential Republic Mode in Africa after the End of Colonialism, 156
-- 8 Presidential Republics in Africa from Independence to the Second Decade of the T wenty-first Century, 172
-- 9 The Quick Move towards the Presidential Republic in Eleven of the Very Different Countries of the Ex-Soviet Union, 211
-- 10 The Lack of Success of the Model of the Presidential Republic in Asia and Europe, 239
-- Part III Presidential Republics: Their Past and Their Future, 261
-- 11 Has There Been ‘Progress’ in the Characteristic Life of Presidential Republics?, 269
-- 12 Presidential Republics Are Not Inherently Unfit to Govern, 289
-- 13 Conclusion: Unity and Diversity in Presidential Republics, 310
-- Notes 322
-- Bibliography 324
-- Index 329 | en |