Comparitive Politics

American Comparative Politics There are various varieties of governmental systems but this is an analytical comparison of the American Presidential and Parliamentary system. These two types of governmental systems run separate major superpowers in the modern world today. The American Presidential system is a uniquely fantastic structure that is ran by three equally important mechanisms. These mechanisms are the three branches of American Government which are: Legislative, Executive, and the Judicial branch. The Executive branch is ran by the President of the United States commonly referred to as the Chief Executive. The President has to be separate from the Legislative branch due to the separation of powers. The separation of powers were formed in of America’s most early documents, The Constitution. Article 1 of the Constitution lists that congress may only possess legislative powers; Article 1 Section 8 displays what particular powers congress wields and Section 9 narrates what Congress may not do. Article 11 states the role of Executive power upon the President of The United States of America known as the “vesting clause”. Article 111 lists states the privileges of the Judicial Branch. That is the American government’s three branches in a nutshell. The reason there is a separation of powers is to make a government into a democratic republic rather than tyrannical power. The only way to thwart governmental tyranny is by distributing responsibilities into sections with explicit powers while concurrently scrutinizing the other sections. The Presidential system can be summarized as a method of Checks and Balances. Checks and balances is the skeleton of American Government. A government with comparable similarities yet not a total check and balance method between Executive and Legislative powers is the Parliamentary system.
The Parliamentary system is an incredibly sophisticated coordination of powers that has several key factors that separate it from the