The systems of government of Senegal and Ivory Coast

The paper deals with the contemporary systems of government in two Sub‑Saharan African states which belonged to the French colonial empire – Senegal and Ivory Coast. The Senegalese constitution of 2001 contains regulations based on the semi‑presidential model, whereas the Ivorian basic law of 2000...

Descripción completa

Guardado en:

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal:	Łukasz Jakubiak
Formato:	article
Lenguaje:	EN PL
Publicado:	Ksiegarnia Akademicka Publishing 2021
Materias:	Senegal Ivory Coast system of government semi‑presidentialism presidentialism Law K Political science J
Acceso en línea:	https://doaj.org/article/27bd69362c8549508da729b7d51dbf4f
Etiquetas:	Agregar Etiqueta Sin Etiquetas, Sea el primero en etiquetar este registro!

id	oai:doaj.org-article:27bd69362c8549508da729b7d51dbf4f
record_format	dspace
spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:27bd69362c8549508da729b7d51dbf4f2021-11-27T13:09:41ZThe systems of government of Senegal and Ivory Coast10.12797/Politeja.13.2016.42.151733-67162391-6737https://doaj.org/article/27bd69362c8549508da729b7d51dbf4f2021-06-01T00:00:00Zhttps://journals.akademicka.pl/politeja/article/view/2178https://doaj.org/toc/1733-6716https://doaj.org/toc/2391-6737 The paper deals with the contemporary systems of government in two Sub‑Saharan African states which belonged to the French colonial empire – Senegal and Ivory Coast. The Senegalese constitution of 2001 contains regulations based on the semi‑presidential model, whereas the Ivorian basic law of 2000 – on the presidential one (although it was not adopted in a pure form). Special attention is devoted to the similarities and differences between the two systems, taking into consideration their constitutional structure (e.g. powers of the head of state, political responsibility of ministers and other aspects of relations within the executive branch, as well as between the latter and the legislative one). It is also pointed out that since the two countries gained their independence in 1960 Senegal and Ivory Coast have had quite different political experiences, which have exerted a visible influence on the functioning of their systems of government in practice. One of the key factors that deserve to be taken into account is the ability to produce democratic alternation of power between presidential candidates and political parties taking part in the electoral process. Łukasz JakubiakKsiegarnia Akademicka PublishingarticleSenegalIvory Coastsystem of governmentsemi‑presidentialismpresidentialismLawKPolitical scienceJENPLPoliteja, Vol 13, Iss 3 (42) (2021)
institution	DOAJ
collection	DOAJ
language	EN PL
topic	Senegal Ivory Coast system of government semi‑presidentialism presidentialism Law K Political science J
spellingShingle	Senegal Ivory Coast system of government semi‑presidentialism presidentialism Law K Political science J Łukasz Jakubiak The systems of government of Senegal and Ivory Coast
description	The paper deals with the contemporary systems of government in two Sub‑Saharan African states which belonged to the French colonial empire – Senegal and Ivory Coast. The Senegalese constitution of 2001 contains regulations based on the semi‑presidential model, whereas the Ivorian basic law of 2000 – on the presidential one (although it was not adopted in a pure form). Special attention is devoted to the similarities and differences between the two systems, taking into consideration their constitutional structure (e.g. powers of the head of state, political responsibility of ministers and other aspects of relations within the executive branch, as well as between the latter and the legislative one). It is also pointed out that since the two countries gained their independence in 1960 Senegal and Ivory Coast have had quite different political experiences, which have exerted a visible influence on the functioning of their systems of government in practice. One of the key factors that deserve to be taken into account is the ability to produce democratic alternation of power between presidential candidates and political parties taking part in the electoral process.
format	article
author	Łukasz Jakubiak
author_facet	Łukasz Jakubiak
author_sort	Łukasz Jakubiak
title	The systems of government of Senegal and Ivory Coast
title_short	The systems of government of Senegal and Ivory Coast
title_full	The systems of government of Senegal and Ivory Coast
title_fullStr	The systems of government of Senegal and Ivory Coast
title_full_unstemmed	The systems of government of Senegal and Ivory Coast
title_sort	systems of government of senegal and ivory coast
publisher	Ksiegarnia Akademicka Publishing
publishDate	2021
url	https://doaj.org/article/27bd69362c8549508da729b7d51dbf4f
work_keys_str_mv	AT łukaszjakubiak thesystemsofgovernmentofsenegalandivorycoast AT łukaszjakubiak systemsofgovernmentofsenegalandivorycoast
_version_	1718408670913495040

The systems of government of Senegal and Ivory Coast

Ejemplares similares