PSCI 2101 Lecture 4: PSCI 2101 Lecture 4

• School: Carleton University
• Department: Political Science
• Course: PSCI 2101
• Professor: Daniel Preece

Document Summary

Executives and legislatures legislative systems are distinguished by the relationship between the executive and legislative system. ** presidential (separation of power) systems are characterized by: an independent selection of exec and legislature and the absence of the ability to dissolve or remove the other from office (with the exception of incapacity or serious legal wrong-doing) * rise of grid-lock due to institutional rigidity government capacities are considerably constrained in cases divided governments. ** parliamentary (fused-power) systems are characterized by: an executive branch selected from within and by the legislature and because of this, party (exec branch) can be removed at any time. There is a high degree of mutual dependence between executive and legislature. Parliamentary regimes: majority (50% + one seat) Theoretically: minority governments are expected to be unsafe. Empirically: minority governments are frequent and often stable. Wide variety of government regimes may be formed in parliamentary systems.