All 6 Uses of
parliamentarianism
in
David Copperfield
- I find he was right, however; for it has not only lasted to the present moment, but has done so in the teeth of a great parliamentary report made (not too willingly) eighteen years ago, when all these objections of mine were set forth in detail, and when the existing stowage for wills was described as equal to the accumulation of only two years and a half more.†
Chpt 31-33
- CHAPTER 38 A DISSOLUTION OF PARTNERSHIP I did not allow my resolution, with respect to the Parliamentary Debates, to cool.†
Chpt 37-39 *
- My aunt and Mr. Dick represented the Government or the Opposition (as the case might be), and Traddles, with the assistance of Enfield's Speakers, or a volume of parliamentary orations, thundered astonishing invectives against them.†
Chpt 37-39
- But Mr. Dick got taxed with such things in the course of his Parliamentary career, and was made responsible for such awful consequences, that he became uncomfortable in his mind sometimes.†
Chpt 37-39
- And Traddles, firing up as if he were plunging into a Parliamentary Debate, really did come out nobly: confirming me in good round terms, and in a plain sensible practical manner, that evidently made a favourable impression.†
Chpt 40-42
- One joyful night, therefore, I noted down the music of the parliamentary bagpipes for the last time, and I have never heard it since; though I still recognize the old drone in the newspapers, without any substantial variation (except, perhaps, that there is more of it), all the livelong session.†
Chpt 46-48
Definition:
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(parliamentarianism) a form of democracy where the executive's power is dependent upon the support of the legislatureeditor's notes: A parliamentary form of government like that in Great Britain can be contrasted with a presidential system like that found in the United States. Both are democracies, but the United States has a stricter separation of power between the executive and legislative branches.
In the United States, the chief executive (president) is elected separately from the legislative branch (congress). In a parliamentary system, the chief executive (prime minister) is selected by the majority party of the legislative branch (parliament). Many democracies, such as France, have a hybrid parliamentary/presidential system in which an elected president shares power with a prime minister.
Despite the success of the United States, most new democracies choose a parliamentary or hybrid form of government because of the political instability and authoritarianism associated with the many Latin American countries that have chosen a presidential system.