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This lesson focuses on comparing and contrasting national governments in North America and/or Central America. It is the second in a sequence, the first being "Comparing Governments - Local, State, and National" by Tami Weaver and Wendy Pineda.

Subject:: Political Science; Social Science
Material Type:: Lesson Plan
Provider:: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Education
Provider Set:: LEARN NC Lesson Plans
Author:: Tami Weaver; Wendy Pineda
Date Added:: 07/15/2004

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What is parliamentary and presidential system of government?A presidential system is a democratic and republican system of government in which a head of government leads an executive branch that is separate from the legislative branch. This head of government is in most cases also the head of state, which is called president.In presidential countries, the executive is elected and is not responsible to the legislature, which cannot in normal circumstances dismiss it. Such dismissal is possible, however, in uncommon cases, often through impeachment.Parliamentary form of government represents a system of democratic governance of a country, wherein the executive branch is derived from the legislative body, i.e. the Parliament. Here, the executive is divided into two parts, the Head of the State, i.e. President, who is only the nominal executive and the Head of the Government, i.e. Prime Minister, who is the real executive.

Subject:: General Law
Material Type:: Lecture Notes
Author:: Laraib ABRAR
Date Added:: 08/26/2022

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