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Would a Parliamentary system ever work in the USA? This question came to mind after reading a post asking what would happen if the GOP fails as a party like the Whigs. Reading the Wikipedia entry, the pros of a Parliamentary system sound reasonable and the cons not so bad.
Presidential system = separate executive that is not directly accountable to the legislature Parliamentary system = executive is subordinate to or part of the legislature and basically works for it So, all 50 states in the USA all use the same system with three separate branches of the Government.
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Parliamentary systems are unitary in which in executive and legislation are fused together. The first sentence might be nit-picking but I wouldn't say 'unitary' here. Generally unitary refers to non-federal states. 'Fused' is a much better term as unitary might also confuse people with 'unicameral'.
Parliamentary system. World's states coloured by systems of government: Parliamentary systems: Head of government is elected or nominated by and accountable to the legislature. Constitutional monarchy with a ceremonial monarch. Parliamentary republic with a ceremonial president.
A Parliamentary system allows the right to vote (whip) to be removed from those who continue to vote against the Government. Votes can be held against a three line whip which forces MPs to vote with the Government. If Government side MPs don't vote along the whip line it's removed and they're rendered no longer an MP essentially.
The United States is a constitutional federal republic, in which the president (the head of state and head of government ), Congress, and judiciary share powers reserved to the national government, and the federal government shares sovereignty with the state governments. The federal government is divided into three branches, as per the specific ...
In a parliamentary system, there is a very close relationship between the legislative and executive branches, as the head of the executive, often called the prime minister, is also a leader in the legislative branch. In a presidential system, there is a much stronger separation of powers between the legislative and the executive.
