POL 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Presidential System, Geographical Constituency, Speech From The Throne

• School: Simon Fraser University
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POL 100
• Professor: Loganathan Masilamani

Document Summary

A basic feature of parliamentary systems is the close interrelationship between parliament (the legislative body) and the political executive (the prime minister and cabinet) The members of the political executive are themselves members of. While the political executive is the governing body, it is expected to be responsible/accountable to parliament for its actions. Parliamentary system-fusion of powers- prime minister-head of government- cabinet-from the parliament- head of state(queen)- In parliamentary systems, the head of state is different than the head of government. The head of state is an important but largely ceremonial position that is expected to be above" politics and not usually involved in making governing decisions. In canada, the governor general is the head of state (i. e. the representative of the british monarch in canada) As the head of government, the prime minister is responsible for selecting members of the cabinet.