POL101Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Representative Democracy, Zero-Sum Game
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The vast majority of the stable democracies in the world today are parliamentary regimes, where executive power is generated by legislative majorities and depends on such majorities for survival . The only presidential democracy with a long history of constitutional continuity is the united states . A parliamentary regime in the strict sense is one in which the only democratically legitimate institution is parliament; in such a regime, the government"s authority is completely dependent upon parliamentary confidence. In presidential systems an executive ~ith considerable constitutional powers generally including full control of the composition of the cabinet and administration is directly elected by the people for a fixed term and is independent of parliamentary votes of confidence. When obama is president, only impeachment can get him out. When harper is pm, if he loses the confidence of the. House, as indicated by a vote, he can no longer be pm. ]
