Political Science 1020E Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Presidential System

• School: Western University
• Department: Political Science
• Course: Political Science 1020E
• Professor: Nigmendra Narain

Document Summary

Richard heffernan, why the prime minister cannot be a president: comparing. Institutional imperatives in britain and america. parliamentary affairs, vol. Way of losing power (fixed term vs not, impeachment vs discharged by parliamentary vote) Essentially that the pm dominated ministers, flouted cabinet conventions, and took decisions at the centre, ignoring parliament, which he is supposed to be apart of. What does it mean to say that the us president is directly elected and the. Every citizen eligible to vote votes for who the president should be. Britain, citizens vote for their local representative and whichever party gets the most people elected ends up making their leader pm. Heffernan places great importance on the relationship between the executive and the legislature. How does affect the doctrine of parliamentary sovereignty (pp. The british pm can manipulate their authority within the executive and their dominance over the legislature.