ENDURING UNDERSTANDING
The structure and function of political institutions reflect the allocation of power
within a political system.
ESSENTIAL KNOWLEDGE
Describe parliamentary, presidential, and semi-presidential systems.
LEARNING OBJECTIVE
1
Parliamentary systems, such as the United
Kingdom, combine the lawmaking and
executive functions, which allows the national
legislature to select and remove the head of
government and cabinet.
2
Presidential systems, such as Mexico and
Nigeria, feature a cabinet that is mostly
responsible to the elected executive, with
a legislature that can only remove cabinet
members through impeachment. These
systems have separate fixed-term, popular
elections for the national legislature, and a top
executive leader serving as both head of state
and head of government.
3
Semi-presidential systems, such as Russia,
feature separate popular elections for the
president and for the national legislature,
allowing the president to nominate a prime
minister (who must be approved by the
legislature); members of the cabinet are
held accountable by both the president
and legislature.
Activity # 1:
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