2007-08-07 18:33:07 · 7 answers · asked by Dillon Partanen 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Government
There are various different models of democracy:
Executive Presidency, no Prime Minister - eg USA (although Secretary of State is like Prime Minister in many ways)
Executive Presidency, Executive Prime Minister - eg France where the President and Prime Minister have clearly defined roles - I guess it brings benefits because there are two people doing the job (in France for example President can concentrate on foreign affairs, PM on more domestic matters) but can bring tensions when they are of different parties and they can both blame each other for failed policies.
Head of state Presidency, Executive Prime Minister - eg Italy, Germany etc. Here President is mere figurehead and has no day to day role in government, he may be elected separately but often is apponited by parliament. He just signs the laws and may have a role in constitutional matters,. Has authority of office and may have practical role in asking the biggest parties to form a government.
Monarch, Executive Prime Minister - eg Spain, UK, Norway, Sweden, Netherlands etc. Here again the Monarch does not get involved in government beyond advising and signing off laws passed by the parliaments.
2007-08-08 03:16:39 · answer #1 · answered by lukee 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mostly parliamentary governments have Prime Ministers.
Presidential governments have Prime Ministers.
Sometimes, some parliamentary govenments have both, but then the Prime Minister is the real head while the President is just for show/a figurehead.
Prime Ministers can stay in term for a longer time... depending on the parliament.
2007-08-07 18:39:23 · answer #2 · answered by dewe52 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's common in any number of countries: India, Viet Nam, China, France, Germany, Israel, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey, Italy, Poland, and a host of others.
Basically the benefit is that the head of state, the president, is not involved in the day to day politics of government; these are handled by the prime minister. This is intended to have the head of state above the political fray.
In most cases, it's called a parliamentary democracy.
2007-08-07 23:05:05 · answer #3 · answered by tamarindwalk 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Parliamentary system: prime minister, and parliament (and perhaps a monarch or governor general).
Presidential system: president and legislative body
It can be tricky though. For example, India has a president, but it is still a parliamentary system.
The main difference is the separation of executive and legislative powers in the presidential system, and the fusing of the two in the parliamentary.
2007-08-07 19:56:08 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-12-15 08:53:53 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Parliamentary, generally. The president is basically the replacement for the king/queen if they no longer have royal offices and is generally as much for show as anything else.
2007-08-07 18:52:13 · answer #6 · answered by Caninelegion 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
PM gets all the money
2007-08-07 18:35:12 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋