The Normative Bases of Semi-Presidentialism: Max Weber and the Mitigation of Caesarism

This article aims to locate the normative origins of the semi-presidential government in the theoretical contribution of German thinker Max Weber. I argue that Weberian reasoning about the Head of State, when freed from the German background in which it arose, may shed light on how semi-presidential...

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Main Author: Alan Daniel Freire de Lacerda
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Brazilian Political Science Association 2020-06-01
Series:Brazilian Political Science Review
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Online Access:https://brazilianpoliticalsciencereview.org/article/the-normative-bases-of-semi-presidentialism-max-weber-and-the-mitigation-of-caesarism/