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Define parliamentary system.
In a parliamentary system, the head of state is normally a different person from the head of government. This is in contrast to a ________________________, where the head of state often is also the head of government, and most importantly, the executive branch does not derive its democratic legitimacy from the legislature
A parliamentary systems where where a monarch is the ceremonial head of state while the head of government is almost always a member of the legislature
Examples of parliamentary systems with constitutional monarchies
A parliamentary system where a mostly ceremonial president is the head of state while the head of government is regularly from the legislature (such as Ireland, Germany, Pakistan, India and Italy).
In a few parliamentary republics, the head of government is also head of state, but is elected by and is answerable to the legislature. Give examples.
"government of a state by immediate divine guidance or by officials who are regarded as divinely guided."
A form of government in which God (or a deity) is recognized as the king or immediate ruler, and his laws are taken as the statute-book of the kingdom, these laws being usually administered by a priestly order as his ministers and agents; hence (loosely) a system of government by a sacerdotal order, claiming a divine commission; also, a state so governed.
The government of the Vatican can also be considered an ____________?
Examples of Muslim theocracies?
A system of government in which a supreme power is concentrated in the hands of one person, whose decisions are subject to neither external legal restraints nor regularized mechanisms of popular control (except perhaps for the implicit threat of coup d'état or mass insurrection).
An absolute monarchy or dictatorship
A form of government where political authority is monopolized by a person or political entity, and exercised through various mechanisms to ensure the entities power remains strong.
Examples of such modern totalitarian dictatorships.
A form of government or country in which power resides in elected individuals representing the citizen body and government leaders exercise power according to the rule of law. In modern times, the definition is commonly limited to a government which excludes a monarch.
A ___________government is an economic and political system based on public or collective ownership of the means of production. It emphasizes equality rather than achievement, and values workers by the amount of time they put in rather than by the amount of value they produce. It also makes individuals dependent on the state for everything from food to health care.
A system of government in which the state plans and controls the economy and a single -- often authoritarian -- party holds power; state controls are imposed with the elimination of private ownership of property or capital while claiming to make progress toward a higher social order in which all goods are equally shared by the people (i.e., a classless society)
A government in which the supreme power is lodged in the hands of a monarch who reigns over a state or territory, usually for life and by hereditary right; he/ she may be either a sole absolute ruler or a sovereign - such as a king, queen or prince - with constitutionally limited authority.
In a _____________monarchy, the monarch's power is limited by a constitution.
In an _______________, the monarch has unlimited power.
Examples of fully democratic states in which the monarch has a limited or largely ceremonial role.
