Owens, J. and Pelizzo, R. 2013. Rethinking Crises and the Accretion of Executive Power: The “War on Terror” and Conditionality Evidence from Seven Political Systems. Asian Politics & Policy. 5 (3), pp. 321-36. https://doi.org/10.1111/aspp.12034
| Title | Rethinking Crises and the Accretion of Executive Power: The “War on Terror” and Conditionality Evidence from Seven Political Systems |
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| Type | Journal article |
| Authors | Owens, J. and Pelizzo, R. |
| Abstract | External shocks to democratic systems are likely to threaten the stability of relations between the executive and the representative assembly. This article investigates the impact of the so-called “war on terror” on executive-assembly relations in comparative perspective. We analyze data from seven countries, which varied in terms of form of government, level of democracy, culture, social structure, and geographic location, to evaluate its effects. We find that whereas in some systems the “war on terror” altered the balance of power between the executive and the assembly, in other cases the extant balance of power was preserved. We postulate various conditions under which the constitutionally sanctioned balance of power is most likely to be preserved in times of crisis. |
| Keywords | Political crises |
| external shocks | |
| democratic systems | |
| executive-legislative relations | |
| the "war on terror" | |
| Carl Schmidt | |
| constitutional dictatorship | |
| separation of powers | |
| Journal | Asian Politics & Policy |
| Journal citation | 5 (3), pp. 321-36 |
| ISSN | 1943-0787 |
| Year | 2013 |
| Publisher | Wiley |
| Publisher's version | File Access Level Open (open metadata and files) |
| Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1111/aspp.12034 |
| Web address (URL) | https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/aspp.12034 |
| Publication dates | |
| Published | 26 Jun 2013 |
| Supplemental file | File Access Level Open (open metadata and files) |