POLS 110 Study Guide - Final Guide: Bicameralism, Trans-Canada Highway, Presidential System
15 Dec 2016
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Week 6: understanding regimes i: democracies part 2. Parliamentary democracies (uk, canada) vs. presidential democracies (us) semi presidential (france, poland) Majoritarian (canada, us) vs. consensus (consociational netherlands) *the madiso(cid:374)"s dile(cid:373)(cid:373)a notes significance of limited government (those who are elected. Unitary state vs federalism stresses concentration of power vs. an emphasis on decentralized power; seen as more rerpresentative central govt has authority to dole out power and is very strong vs weaker more spread out govt. Most states are unitary, but about 20 federal states (i. e. india, nigeria, brazil, canada, usa, and. Does(cid:374)"t ha(cid:448)e autho(cid:396)it(cid:455) to dis(cid:373)iss the legislature (can happen in russia); no branch of govt can overstep boundaries, the compromise of efficiency. Bi-cameral legislature: lower-chamber: house of representatives. 450 members, regular elections every 2 years -> (cid:862)o(cid:374)goi(cid:374)g (cid:272)a(cid:373)paig(cid:374)(cid:863) Based on their relative population of each state, states are carved into congressional districts to: upper-chamber: senate.
