Publication at Faculty of Social Sciences |
2016
Abstract
Until 2012 the Czech Republic was almost unambiguously classified as a parliamentary regime. However, in 2012, the previous scholarly consensus concerning the classifi cation of the Czech Republic dissolved, and 'postDuvergerian' scholars now regard the Czech regime as semi-presidential.
The article works with the original Duvergerian defi nition into which it introduces the new concept of semi-presidentialism, which is based on presidential powers. The article applies this new concept to the Czech regime for the period since the first directly elected president, Miloš Zeman, took office.
The conclusion of the analysis is that Czech political regime should still be classified as a parliamentary regime.