POL 1101 Study Guide - The American President, Beel, Rein
9 Jul 2014
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Parliamentary and presidential systems of government: parliamentary system: canada has a parliamentary system; it comes from the great britain. In britain what you have is 17 century was about crowns governing without explanations. As these parties gained power from the crown then things started to shift to them. In 1688 onwards there was a transfer of power. This leads to : dual executive: head of government and head of states: Head of state: this is the position stand above politics (queen, king). Head of government: they are the ones who look at making policies and rules. There will always be two types of head leaders. Parliamentary monarchies and parliamentary republics: republics: no one holds position of political power in virtue of their birth. A question will arise of who is president: fusion of legislative and executive powers: there is fusion power in a parliamentary power. All other members of the executives are also members of the legislative branch.
