Coalitional presidentialism in comparative perspective: minority presidents in multiparty systems

Drawing on original research of minority presidents in the democratising and hybrid regimes of Armenia, Benin, Brazil, Chile, Ecuador, Kenya, Malawi, Russia, and Ukraine, this book seeks to understand how presidents who lack single party legislative majorities build and manage cross-party support in legislative assemblies. It develops a framework for analysing this phenomenon, and blends data from MP surveys, detailed case studies, and wider legislative and political contexts, to analyse systematically the tools that presidents deploy to manage their coalitions. The authors focus on five key legislative, cabinet, partisan, budget, and informal (exchange of favours) tools that are utilised by minority presidents.

1. The Rise of Minority Presidentialism -- 2. Coalitional Presidentialism in Cross-Regional Perspective -- 3. The Embedded Costs of Power Sharing: Coalition Formation in Multiparty Presidentialism -- 4. Toward a Framework for Analysis: The Presidential Toolbox -- 5. Legislative Powers and Coalition Management -- 6. Cabinet Authority and Coalition Management -- 7. Partisan Powers and Coalition Management -- 8. Budgetary Authority and Coalition Management -- 9. The Exchange of Favours and Coalition Management -- 10. Minority Presidents in a Coalitional World: Comparative Perspectives on the Tools of Governance --Appendix A: English Version of CPP Survey Questionnaire