Different forms of govt.
Systems of govt characterized by
Functions all governments must do
What is reading/writing, executing, and judging the laws of the country?
Fundamental dilemma of republics
What is how do you protect minority righters while empowering the majority to rule?
What is direct vs indirect selection of the executive, that and interplay between exec. and leg. is what really matters in what are the strengths and weaknesses of that country's govt?
A problem (sort of) in pres. systems
What is that instead of the separation of powers and checks and balances leading to cooperation between pres. and congress, they often lead to each other just fighting each other and squabbling with each other?
A country's form of govt
Lot of political debates
What involves the distribution of a public good and a lot of conflicts over public goods are about how they will be distributed?
Main difference among republics
What is consensus/consociational vs. majority/majoritarian (they are not usually all one or the other but rather lean strongly one way or the other)?
Cabinet
What in both Pres. and parliamentary systems helps execute exec's plans and in parliamentary systems tend to be all one party but doesn't have to be (see UK)?
Two party vs multi party systems
What is the former is more likely to be found in presidential systems and the latter more likely to be found in parliamentary systems?
What is the often-used name for democracies' becoming more authoritarian?
Politics
What is the way we reconcile individual interests with collective action (and the provision of public goods?)?
Goal of consociational republics/solution/thinking
What is you do not hope to just immunize the size of the minority but also to spread the disatisfaction around/make sure that the minority isn't the same minority time after time?
Effect of picking people from other parties for your cabinet
What gives them a stake in the cabinet because if they don't toe the party/coalition line, they risk getting kicked out of the cabinet, in presidential but especially parliamentary systems, this being another way in which parliamentary systems build in loyalty btwn/ the two branches?
Presidentialism vs parliamentarism
What is a big debate to this day as far as which one is better?
Scale of ease of decision making and protection of minority rights
What is
hard_________________ easy
consensus, majority, authority
lots__________________little
consensus, majority, authority?
Cross-cutting cleavages
What is when there are different divides between the group on different issues, i.e. not everyone will agree w/ the same majority on the one side and not everyone on the other side will agree w/ their group on every issue either?
Winner-take-all-cabinet
What is the cabinet of presidential systems called since whichever wins the presidency will almost certainly control all the seats in the cabinet as well (I say almost because there is theoretically a tiny chance that the president will pick someone from the other party)?
Percentage of stable (ie, how stable you are as long as you are in power) democracies that are presidential vs parliamentary
What is 13% to 87%?
Majoritarian vs. Consociational
Cabinet: Winner-take-all (broad) coalition
Exec.legis: Parliament Pres. + congress
Electoral system:Majoritarian PR
Party system: 2 parties Multi-party
Federalism?: Unitary Federal
Legislatures: Unicameral Bicameral
Constitution: Flexible/unwritten Rigid
Judiciary: Limited broad, independent, powerful
Losing a vote of no confidence
Parliamentary vs. presidential
What is where the executive responsible to legislature vs largely immune from legislature, there are variable terms of office for the chief exec. vs fixed terms of office, and legislature appoints chief exec. vs popular election of chief exec?