All 3 Uses of
parliamentarianism
in
First Address to Irish Parliament From a British PM
- Today the links between our parliaments are continued by the British-Irish Parliamentary Body, and last month 60 of our MPs set up a new all-party "Irish in Britain Parliamentary Group."†
- Today the links between our parliaments are continued by the British-Irish Parliamentary Body, and last month 60 of our MPs set up a new all-party "Irish in Britain Parliamentary Group."†
- Irish parliamentarians have made a major contribution to our shared parliamentary history.†
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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.