Study of Presidential versus Parliamentary democracy

Authors

  • Amit

Keywords:

Presidentialism, Parliamentarism, Governance, Development, Separation of powers

Abstract

Parliamentary and presidential democracies are two types of representational democracies. Presidents lead an executive branch independent of the legislative branch in a presidential system, “whereas a parliamentary system, or parliamentary democracy, is a form of democratic administration in which the executive gains political legitimacy by commanding the support of the legislative, usually a parliament, to which it is accountable.

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McManus, R., Ozkan, F.G. Who does better for the economy? Presidents versus parliamentary democracies. Public Choice 176, 361–387 (2018).

Ozkan, G., & McManus, R. (2020). Parliamentary systems do better economically than presidential ones.

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Published

2022-06-30

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Amit. (2022). Study of Presidential versus Parliamentary democracy. Innovative Research Thoughts, 8(2), 13–20. Retrieved from https://irt.shodhsagar.com/index.php/j/article/view/1124

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Vol. 8 No. 2 (2022): April-June 2022

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