Party system in the context of functioning of atypical semi-presidential system of government in the Republic of Azerbaijan (1995–2019)

Abstract

The author analyzed the systems of government within the framework of a republican form of government. Extremely different factors of political process and interinstitutional relations, which are the conditions for defining and distinguishing between different types of systems of government, can be indicators for distinguishing typical and atypical systems of government. Atypical semi-presidential systems of government in the Post-Soviet countries requires a detailed analysis in Political Science. The atypical character of the semi-presidential system of government in the Republic of Azerbaijan is considered on the basis of such an indicator as the institution of vote of no confidence in governments. In this context, the analysis of party system in atypical semi-presidential system of government in the Republic of Azerbaijan in 1995–2019 is extremely actual. The purpose of the article is to determine the types of party system in atypical semi-presidential system of government in the Republic of Azerbaijan in 1995–2019. New institutionalism and its various types and paradigms are chosen as theoretical and methodological basis of the proposed research. The main method of the study is the method of comparative analysis. As a result of the article, it is argued that parliamentary vote of no confidence in government does not automatically lead to government’s resignation, since it depends on the position/will of a president in the Republic of Azerbaijan in 1995–2019. It determines the atypicality of semi-presidential (constitutional) system of government in the analyzed country. Based on the author’s methodology, it was classified the types of party system in atypical semi-presidential system of government in the Republic of Azerbaijan in 1995–2019. Consequently, it is argued that a single-party system with a high level of non-partisanship was established in the Republic of Azerbaijan, in 1995/1996–2000/2001, 2005/2006–2019; single-party system with the medium level of non-partisanship in 2000/2001–2005/2006.