Ben is joined by Professor Steffen Ganghof from the University of Potsdam to discuss his book Beyond Presidentialism and Parliamentarism. Steffen discusses an alternative model of democracy he calls "semi-parliamentarism" which can gain the benefits of presidentialism in having a part of the legislature independent of the government, without investing executive power in a single person. And the best examples of this model can be found here in Australia.
Our conversation has relevance to debates around the role of Australia's upper houses and is a fresh outside perspective on how they improve Australia's democracy.
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118 - India goes to the polls
117 - Tasmania elects a hung parliament
116 - Wrapping up Queensland's local elections
115 - A tour of Tasmania's electorates
114 - Queensland council elections preview
113 - Let's go back to Tasmania
112 - Prabowo wins in Indonesia
111 - Indonesia goes to the polls
110 - Generational gaps in Australian politics
109 - Finding the electoral sweet spot
108 - Inside a party’s redistribution submission
107 - Boundary delimitation, straight from Malaysia
106 - Voice referendum wrap-up
105 - Voice referendum final week
104 - New Zealand election preview
103 - A history of Indigenous elections in Australia
102 - A history of Australian referendums
101 - Group voting tickets and ward changes in Victoria
100 - Redistributions all over Australia
99 - History of STV in the USA
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