Sergeeva, S.L. Functioning of the institutions of the state government in the conditions of the modernization of the political system: constitutional bases and political practice (comparative analysis).

Abstract: On the basis of the analysis of the key indicators of effective functioning for the state political system, such as separation of powers and the checks and balances system, the author provides comparative analysis of the state systems in the USA, France and Russia. Based on the studies of interactions between the presidential, executive, legislative and judicial branches of power in the Western states, the author shows specific features and problems of state system in modern Russia, and she also reveals the tendencies of development and discusses necessary initiatives for the transition of the Russian super-Presidential form of government to the Presidential- Parliamentary form of government.

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