Name: Amanda Raizis
ID: 300306546
Tutor: Tim Webster
Tutorial Time: Thursday 11.00-11.50pm
Can presidential systems work effectively in deeply divided societies? [Make reference to at least two cases of your choosing.]
Thesis Statement
Presidentialism is a system of government in which the president is elected both chief executives and as head of government (Ogelsby & Suárez, 1968) and is the main system of democratic government apart from parliamentary systems. Presidential systems tend to centralise priorities of the government to stabilise society. Normally, they are classed into separate regions of power; where the executive, legislative and judicial branches of government are dependent on one another and cannot work effectively in deeply divided societies. This argument is ruled by the fact that they are 1) divisive, causing isolation between ethnoreligious groups. Elites are prioritised over minority working class groups and 2) inherently majoritarian, as only a single position is given causing proportionality to become impossible. In places such as Latin America and Northern Ireland, we see the ways in which these theories have proven ineffectiveness. However, presidential systems aim to separate powers in order to protect citizens’ rights and deter abuse of power for good governance overall. Through this presidential systems, however, have quick decisiveness in resolving societal issues. Without effective separation; executive, legislative and judicial powers,
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Presidential Leadership and the Electoral College. Americans expect their presidents to get things done, to
5. National government to a great extent does not oversee people specifically yet gets states to do so in keeping with national approach
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The American Political System The American political system is a federal system, which consists of
the chief executive and the head of state. The President is elected independently of the
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No matter the system of government, there will always be advantages and disadvantages to it. Not everyone wants or expects the same same things so how can the government supply everything that is needed and wanted by the people no matter how hard they try. Three of the systems of government: presidential, parliamentary, and communist arouse advantages and disadvantages within the government.
Presidentialism and parliamentarism are two major forms of democratic government systems. Nearly all political systems in the world are modeled on them. (Mahler, 2000) The former is best respresented by the United States while the latter one is represented by the United Kingdom. The discussion in this essay is based on pure presidentialism and pure parliamentarism, excluding those political forms which contain only some features of these two systems. The focus of this essay is on the virtues and vices of both systems and the suitability of which system
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