Parlimentary Systems
1. Compare and contrast the U.S. Presidential-Congressional system with the British Westminster Parliamentary system. What are their essential features? Under what circumstances would one of these systems be preferable to use instead of the other?
2.Explain how the post-World War 2 Constitutions of Germany and Japan each represent continuity with previous democratic constitutions. In what ways do they differ from the older constitutions, and why do the differ in each respect?
3. What makes U.S. Political Culture similar to other liberal-democracies
and what makes U.S. Political Culture different? How have these differences
affected our choices in creating our Constitutional system?
4. Be able to explain essential differences between Presidential-
Congressional system and Parliamentary-Cabinet system.
must use this book as a source ...........Countries and Concepts: Politics, Geography, Culture by Michael G. Roskin, (Prentice-Hall, 12th ed. 2013)
Parliamentary Systems
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Question one
The American Presidential-Congressional system and the British West Minister Parliamentary system have both similarities and differences. For instance, both systems have a single leader. Nonetheless, a president is directly elected by the people, leads the American presidential system while a Prime minister, appointed by the Queen, leads the British system (Roskin, 2012). The American system is better because it provides appropriate checks and balances while the parliamentary system passes legislation quicker than the presidential system.
Question Two
The Post-World War 2 constitutions of both Japan and Germany represent a continuity of previous democratic institutions. According to Roskin (2012), Federalism is a crucial feature in the government of Germany, yet this political system was established as early as 1871. Japan also had a democratic system prior to World War 2 owing to the fact that Huntington and Harvard University (2006) argues that Japan and Korea both had democracies long before the advent of constitutions. However, the current German and Japanese governments embrace some aspects of liberalism, which was not the case prior to World War 2.
Question Three
The American political culture is similar to other liberal democracies because the American constitution has several aspects of a liberal democracy. This owes to the reality that a liberal democracy embraces policies such as the right to life and the principle of freedom (Simeon and Lenard, 2012). The American political culture embraces such policies implying it is similar to other liberal democracies. The American culture is also different from other liberal democracies owing to regulations that govern elements such as the right age to earn a driving license because this regulation opposes the idea of a free and fair society. Hence, the American constitution has both liberal and democratic aspects.
Question Four
The following are some of the differences between a parliamentary and a presidential and a parliamentary system of government. This owes to the reality that a parliamentary system is characterized by the fusion of power between the cabinet and the legislature whi...