POL111H5 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1-3: The Elected, Secret Ballot, Liberal Democracy
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The constitution-a summing up: n political science, we draw a distinction between the head of state function and the head of government function: In usa-trump elected as partisan republic also american head of state-rep nation. In the parliamentary system, there is a split between the head of state function and the head of government function (textbook, p. 334). In the parliamentary system, the head of state is a mostly ceremonial role. The head of state is above or detached from partisan politics, performing mainly symbolic functions: head of state doesn"t directly run the government. The head of state is supposed to be a symbol of unity for the country. In the parliamentary system the head of state is separate from the head of government: our head of state is the queen: her stand-in is the governor general. In the us system, both positions are filled by the same person.
