Single-Authored Books

1.) Political Institutions in Contemporary France, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2003, ISBN 0-19-878266-7 (pbk), pp. xiii + 274.

2.) Political Leadership in Liberal Democracies, London, Macmillan, 1995, ISBN 0-333-59758-3 (hbk) 0-333-59759-1 (pbk), pp. xiii + 231.

3.) The Role of the Prime Minister in France, 1981-91, London, Macmillan, 1993, ISBN 0-333-59204-2, New York, St. Martin’s Press, ISBN 0-312-10194-5, pp. xi + 210.

Co-authored Books

1.) Robert Elgie and Steven Griggs, Debates in French Politics, London, Routledge, 2000, ISBN 0-415-17478-3 (hbk) 0-415-17479-1 (pbk), pp. xix + 216.

2.) Robert Elgie and Helen Thompson, The Politics of Central Banks, London, Routledge, 1998, ISBN 0-415-14422-1, pp. ix + 189.

Edited Books/Special Edition of Journal

1.) Divided Government in Comparative Perspective, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2001, ISBN 0-19-829565-0 (hbk).

2.) Semi-presidentialism in Europe, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1999, ISBN 0-19-829386-0 (hbk). Included in the series on Comparative European Politics, series editors Max Kaase and Ken Newton.

3.) Editor of special edition of West European Politics on France, vol. 22, no. 4, October 1999, ISSN 0140-2382. Also published as R. Elgie (ed.), The changing French political system, London, Frank Cass, 2000, ISBN 0 7146 5043 9 (hbk), 0 7146 8098 2 (pbk).

4.) Electing the French President, The 1995 Presidential Election, London, Macmillan, 1996, ISBN 0-333-63084-X (hbk) 0-333-63085-8 (pbk), New York, St. Martin’s Press, ISBN 0-312-16340-1.

Co-edited Books

1.) Robert Elgie and Sophia Moestrup (eds.), Semi-presidentialism in Central and Eastern Europe, Manchester, Manchester University Press. Contracted, manuscript with publisher, to appear 2008.

2.) Robert Elgie and Sophia Moestrup (eds.), Semi-presidentialism Outside Europe, London, Routledge, 2007, ISBN 978-0-415-38047-8.

Articles in Refereed Journals

1.) ‘The perils of semi-presidentialism. Are they exaggerated?’, accepted for publication in Democratization, vol. 15, no. 1, February 2008.

2.) with John Stapleton, ‘Testing the decline of parliament thesis. The parliamentary activity of the head of government in Ireland 1923-2002’, in Political Studies, vol. 54, 2006, pp. 465-85.

3.) ‘Why do governments delegate authority to quasi-autonomous agencies? The case of Independent Administrative Authorities in France’, in Governance, vol. 19, no. 2, 2006, pp. 207-227.

4.) ‘A fresh look at semi-presidentialism. Varieties on a theme’, in Journal of Democracy, vol. 16, no. 3, July 2005, pp. 98-112.

5.) with Iain McMenamin, ‘Credible commitment, political uncertainty, or policy complexity? Explaining variations in the independence of non-majoritarian institutions in France’, in British Journal of Political Science, vol. 35, July 2005, pp. 531-548.

6.) 'From Linz to Tsebelis: Three Waves of Presidential/Parliamentary Studies?', in Democratization, vol. 12, no. 1, 2005, pp. 106-122.

7.) 'Semi-presidentialism: concepts, consequences and contesting explanations', in Political Studies Review, vol. 2, no. 3, 2004, pp. 314-330.

8.) with John Stapleton, ‘The parliamentary activity of the head of government in Ireland (1923-2000) in comparative perspective’, in Journal of Legislative Studies, vol. 10, nos. 2-3, pp. 154-173. This is a reprinted and corrected version of a paper that first appeared in Journal of Legislative Studies, vol. 9, no. 1, 2003, pp. 37-56.

9.) ‘Governance traditions and narratives of public sector reform in France’, in Public Administration, vol. 81, no. 4, 2003, pp. 141-162.

10.) ‘La cohabitation de longue durée: Studying the 1997-2002 experience’, in Modern and Contemporary France, vol. 10, no. 3, 2002, pp. 297-311.

11.) ‘The politics of the European Central Bank: Principal-agent theory and the
democratic deficit’, in Journal of European Public Policy, vol. 9, no. 2, 2002, pp. 186-200.

12.) ‘Democratic accountability and central bank independence: A reply to various critics’, in West European Politics, vol. 24, no. 1, January 2001, pp. 217-221.

13.) ‘Responsabilité démocratique et indépendance de la banque centrale: La Banque centrale européenne dans une perspective historique et comparative’, in Revue Française d’Administration Publique, no. 92, oct.-dec. 1999, pp. 635-649 (revised and updated version of no. 15 below).

14.) ‘The changing French political system’, in West European Politics, vol. 22, no. 4, October 1999, pp. 1-19.

15.) ‘The difficult art of comparative European politics’, in European Journal of Political Research, vol. 35, 1999, pp. 465-82.

16.) ‘Democratic accountability and central bank independence: historical and contemporary, national and European perspectives’, in West European Politics, vol. 21, no. 3, July 1998, pp. 53-76.

17.) ‘The classification of democratic regime types: conceptual ambiguity and contestable assumptions’, in European Journal of Political Research, vol. 33, no. 2, 1998, pp. 219-238.

18.) ‘Two-ballot majority electoral systems’, in Representation, vol. 34, no. 2, 1997, pp. 89-94.

19.) ‘Models of executive politics: a framework for the study of executive power relations in parliamentary and semi-presidential regimes’, in Political Studies, vol. 45, no. 2, 1997, pp. 217-231.

20.) ‘The French Presidency — Conceptualizing Presidential Power in the Fifth Republic’, in Public Administration, vol. 74, no. 2, Summer 1996, pp. 275-291.

21.) ‘From the exception to the rule: The use of Article 49-3 of the Constitution since 1958’, in Modern and Contemporary France, vol. NS 1, no. 1, January 1993, pp. 17-26.

22.) ‘Accounting for the Survival of Minority Governments: An Examination of the French Case (1988-1991)’, co-written with Moshe Maor, in West European Politics, vol. 15, no. 3, October 1992, pp. 57-74.

23.) ‘The Prime Minister’s Office in France: a changing role in a semi presidential system’, in Governance, vol. 5, no. 1, January 1992, pp. 104 121.

24.) ‘A quoi sert le PS? The influence of the Parti socialiste on public policy since 1981’, co-written with Steve Griggs, in Journal of Modern and Contemporary France, no. 47, October 1991, pp. 20-29.

25.) ‘France: The Limits to Prime ministerial Government in a Semi-presidential System’, co-written with Howard Machin, in West European Politics, vol. 14, no. 2, April 1991, pp. 62 78. Reprinted in G.W. Jones, ed., West European Prime Ministers, Frank Cass, London, 1991, pp. 62-78, ISBN 0-7146-3425-5. Reprinted in David Bell (ed.), France, in The International Library of Politics and Comparative Government series, pp. 157-173, Dartmouth, Aldershot, 1995, ISBN 185521346X.

26.) ‘La méthode Rocard. Existe-t-elle?’, in Journal of Modern and Contemporary France, no. 44, January 1991, pp. 11 19.

Book Chapters

1.) ‘Semi-presidentialism: a common regime type, but one that should be avoided?’, co-authored with Sophia Moestrup in Robert Elgie and Sophia Moestrup (eds.), Semi-presidentialism in Central and Eastern Europe, Manchester, Manchester University Press. Contracted, manuscript with publisher, to appear 2008.

2.) ‘The impact of semi-presidentialism on the performance of democracy in Central and Eastern Europe’, co-authored with Sophia Moestrup in Robert Elgie and Sophia Moestrup (eds.), Semi-presidentialism in Central and Eastern Europe, Manchester, Manchester University Press. Contracted, manuscript with publisher, to appear 2008.

3.) ‘What is semipresidentialism and where is it found?’, in Robert Elgie and Sophia Moestrup (eds.), Semi-presidentialism Outside Europe, London, Taylor and Francis, pp. 1-13, ISBN 9780415380478.

4.) ‘The Choice of Semi-presidentialism and Its Consequences’, co-authored with Sophia Moestrup in Robert Elgie and Sophia Moestrup (eds.), Semi-presidentialism Outside Europe, London, Taylor and Francis, pp. 237-248, ISBN 9780415380478.

5.) ‘France’, in Colin Hay and Anand Menon (eds.), European Politics, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2006, pp. 17-30, ISBN 0-19-928428-8.

6.) ‘France: Stacking the Deck’, in Michael Gallagher and Paul Mitchell (eds.), The Politics of Electoral Systems, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2006, pp. 119-136, ISBN 0-19-925756-6.

7.) ‘The political executive’, in Alistair Cole, Patrick Le Galès and Jonah Levy (eds.), Developments in French Politics 3, London, Palgrave, 2005, pp. 70-87, ISBN 1-4039-4179-3.

8.) ‘Political Leadership: The President and the Taoiseach’, co-authored with Peter Fitzgerald, in John Coakley and Michael Gallagher (eds.), Politics in the Republic of Ireland, 4th ed., London, Routledge, 2004, pp. 305-327, ISBN 0-414-28067-2.

9.) ‘Institutions and Voters: Structuring Electoral choice’, in M. Lewis-Beck (ed.), The French Voter. Before and After the 2002 Elections, Palgrave Macmillan, 2004, pp. 110-125, ISBN 0-333-99419-1.

10.) ‘What is divided government?’, in R. Elgie (ed.), Divided Government in Comparative Perspective, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2001, pp. 1-20, ISBN 0-19-829565-0.

11.) “Cohabitation’: Divided Government French-Style', in R. Elgie (ed.), Divided Government in Comparative Perspective, Oxford, Oxford University Press, pp. 106-126, 2001, ISBN 0-19-829565-0.

12.) ‘Divided Government in Comparative Perspective’, in R. Elgie (ed.), Divided Government in Comparative Perspective, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2001, pp. 209-225, ISBN 0-19-829565-0.

13.) ‘Departmental secretaries in France’, in R.A.W. Rhodes and P. Weller (eds.), The Changing World of Top Officials.Mandarins or Valets?, Buckingham, Open University Press, 2001, pp. 11-40, ISBN 0-335-20301-91.

14.) ‘Constitutions and Constitution-Building: A Comparative Perspective’, co-authored with Jan Zielonka, in Jan Zielonka (ed.), Democratic Consolidation in Eastern Europe, Vol. 1, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2001, pp. 25-47, ISBN 0-19-924408-1.

15.) ‘Staffing the summit: France’, in B. Guy Peters, R.A.W. Rhodes and Vincent Wright (eds.), Administering the Summit: The Administration of the Core Executive in Developed Countries, London, Macmillan, 2000, pp. 225-44, ISBN 0-333-75248-1.

16.) ‘Political leadership’, in John Coakley and Michael Gallagher (eds.), Politics in the Republic of Ireland, 3rd ed., London, Routledge, 1999, pp. 232-48, ISBN 0-415-22194-3.

17.) ‘Semi-presidentialism and comparative institutional engineering’, in Robert Elgie (ed.), Semi-presidentialism in Europe, Oxford University Press, 1999, pp. 281-99, ISBN 0-19-829386-0.

18.) ‘The politics of semi-presidentialism’, in Robert Elgie (ed.), Semi-presidentialism in Europe, Oxford University Press, 1999, pp. 1-21, ISBN 0-19-829386-0.

19.) ‘France’ in Robert Elgie (ed.), Semi-presidentialism in Europe, Oxford University Press, 1999, pp. 67-85, ISBN 0-19-829386-0.

20.) ‘The institutional logics of presidential elections’, in Robert Elgie (ed.), Electing the French President, The 1995 Presidential Election, London, Macmillan, 1996, pp. 51-72, ISBN 0-333-63084-X.

21.) ‘The French presidency: the changing public policy environment’, co-authored with Vincent Wright, in Robert Elgie (ed.), Electing the French President, The 1995 Presidential Election, London, Macmillan, 1996, pp. 172-194, ISBN 0-333-63084-X.

22.) ‘France and Europe’, in Paul Furlong and Andrew Cox (eds.), The European Union at the Crossroads, The Problems of Implementing the Single Market Project, London, Earlsgate Press, 1995, pp. 39-55, ISBN 1-873439-16-4.

23.) ‘Christian Democracy in France: the politics of electoral constraint’, in David Hanley, (ed.), Christian Democracy in Europe. A Comparative Perspective, London, Pinter, 1994, pp. 155-167, ISBN 1-855-67086-0.

Policy papers

1.) ‘In reaction to Wilfried Martens’ “Only strong leadership will get Europe back on track”’, Europe’s World, Spring 2007, http://www.europesworld.org/SearchbyCurrentissue/tabid/71/Default.aspx?…

2.) ‘Policy Advice in France’, in Labour & Whitehall, A Fabian Enquiry into the Machinery of Government, Fabian Society Discussion Paper no. 8, London, Premier printers, 1991, pp. 5 9, ISBN 0 716 330 06 7.

Invited Conference Papers/Presentations

1.) The perils of semi-presidentialism. Are they exaggerated?, ‘Constitutional Principles of Authority Structure’, International Conference held by the Public Institution Parliamentary Cooperation Centre to Mark the 15th Anniversary of Adoption of the Constitution of the Republic of Lithuania, Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania, Vilnius, 12 November 2007.

2.) The perils of semi-presidentialism. Are they exaggerated?, ‘Dynamics of Transformation in East Asia’, University of Edinburgh, UK, 20-22 September 2007.

3.) Varieties of semi-presidentialism and their impact on democratic performance, After The Third Wave. Problems and Challenges for New Democracies, Taiwan Thinktank, Taipei, Taiwan, 13-14 August 2007.

4.) Semi-Presidentialism: Concepts, Consequences and Explanatory Variables, Special conference on Semi-presidentialism and Nascent Democracies, Institute of Political Science at Academia Sinica (IPSAS), Taiwan, October 2003.

5.) Agent-Centred, Principal-Centred and Mixed Accounts of Delegation: an Application to the French Case, Special conference on Delegating Powers to Independent Agencies, Université de Lausanne, December 2001.

6.) Policy-making in the European Central Bank and problems of political accountability, Special conference at the United Nations Institute for Social Development, Geneva, April 2000.

7.) The Politics of the Budgetary Process: A Comparative Perspective, Annual PAC Conference, University of Birmingham, September 1998.

8.) The French budgetary process, Special conference on ESRC-funded Core Executive project, Maison Française/Nuffield College, Oxford, January 1998.

9.) Constitutions: Do they matter? Why do they matter? How do they matter?, Conference on Constitutional Engineering in Eastern Europe, European University Institute, Florence, January 1997.

Regular Conference Papers

1.) The perils of semi-presidentialism. Are they exaggerated?, General conference of the European Consortium for Political Research, Pisa, September 2007.

2.) Variation within semi-presidentialism: cohabitation, cabinet stability and non-partisan prime ministers, with Iain McMenamin, Annual conference of the American Political Science Association, Chicago, August 2007.

3.) Divided executives and democratization, Annual conference of the American Political Science Association, with Iain McMenamin, Philadelphia, August 2006.

4.) Why do governments delegate authority to quasi-autonomous agencies? The case of Independent Administrative Authorities in France, General conference of the European Consortium for Political Research, Budapest, September 2005.

5.) Testing the decline of parliament thesis. The parliamentary activity of the head of government in Ireland 1923-2002, with John Stapleton, Annual conference of the Political Studies Association of the UK, University of Leeds, April 2005.

6.) Credible commitment, political uncertainty, or policy complexity? Explaining variations in the independence of non-majoritarian institutions in France, with Iain McMenamin, Annual conference of the American Political Science Association, Chicago, August 2004.

7.) Credible commitment, political uncertainty, or policy complexity? Explaining variations in the independence of non-majoritarian institutions in France, with Iain McMenamin, Annual conference of the Political Studies Association of the UK, University of Lincoln, April 2004.

8.) La cohabitation de longue durée: Studying the 1997-2002 experience, Special conference on the Jospin government, Maison Française, January 2002.

9.) Agent-Centred, Principal-Centred and Mixed Accounts of Delegation: an Application to the French Case, Annual conference of the American Political Science Association, Washington DC, August 2001.

10.) The evolution of semi-presidentialism in the Fifth Republic, Annual conference of the American Political Science Association, Washington DC, August 2000.

11.) The parliamentary activity of the head of government in Ireland (1923-2000) in comparative perspective, Annual conference of the Political Studies Association of the UK, London School of Economics, April 2000.

12.) The parliamentary activity of the head of government in Ireland, 1923-98, Annual conference of the Political Studies Association of Ireland, Waterford, October 1999.

13.) The changing French political system, Special conference of the French Politics and Policy standing group of the Political Studies Association of the UK, Maison Française, March 1999.

14.) Core executive/central bank relations. Central bank independence: what it is and how to compare it, Annual conference of the Political Studies Association of the UK, University of York, April 1995.

15.) Adaptation with style? The French Socialist party, with D. Hanley. Joint workshops of the European Consortium for Political Research, University of Madrid, April 1994.

16.) The electoral system in France, Annual conference of the Elections, Public Opinion and Parties standing group of the Political Studies Association of the UK, University of Lancaster, September 1993.

17.) The Core Executive and the Management of Party Relations in the Fifth French Republic, Joint workshops of the European Consortium for Political Research, University of Leiden, April 1993.

18.) Doing a ‘Bad Godesburg’: Radical Transformations of Parties of the Left in Comparative and Historical Perspective — The French Socialist Party, Annual conference of the Political Studies Association of the UK, Queen’s University Belfast, April 1992.

19.) Christian Democracy and the constraints of the majority: the case of the French CDS, Joint workshops of the European Consortium for Political Research, University of Limerick, April 1992.

20.) The Prime Minister’s Office in France, Joint workshops of the European Consortium for Political Research, University of Essex, April 1991.