Comparing Presidential Systems versus Parliamentary Systems

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Comparing Presidential system and Parliamentary system

Introduction

Government refers to the way in which a country 's executive , legislative and judicial branches are organized . All countries around the world have some sort of government in place to avoid anarchism . Democratic government is a term that is often used to refer to a system of governance in which the citizens participate in their government either directly or through elected representatives . Democratic government is therefore different from the authoritarian governments in which the

citizens are barred from or limited in participating directly in the activities of their government (Fiorina Peterson ,

24 . There are two well known types of democratic governments which include the presidential and parliamentary systems . There is no doubt that the most important feature of the relationship between the state and society in a democratic society is manner in which it handles representation between the government and the governed . In order to be able to understand how this occurs and how it is reflected in public policies , it is imperative that we look at the comparison between the presidential and parliamentary systems of governance (Hauss ,

39 . This paper shall therefore aspire to analyze the comparisons between the two well known systems of democratic governance in the world

Background

There are two main forms of political systems in a democratic model which include the presidential and the parliamentary systems . Each of the systems has its own advantages and shortcomings . In essence , there is no...