英文摘要 |
The purpose of this paper is to explore the effects of presidential appointment power and presidential dismissal power which affects the duration of the term of the prime minister under semi-presidentialism. We use event-history analysis to estimate the different factors that impact the prime minister's duration. The range of time used is from 1945 to 2012 and includes 34 democratic semi-presidentialism countries. We find that the effect of presidential appointment power depends on dismissal power, that is, appointment and dismissal power have an interactive effect with the duration of the prime minister. In premier-presidential systems, if the prime minister was ultimately appointed by president, the hazard of a prime minister termination will increase; and it will decrease when the president can appoint the prime minister in a president -parliamentary system. Because a president can choose anyone he or she wants to be prime minister by appointment power, further, the relationship of president, prime minister and parliament will be changed. This discovery can explain the effect and controversy of presidential appointment and dismissal power. |