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Power & Choice, 8/e
W. Phillips Shively, University of Minnesota---Minneapolis
National Decision-making Institutions: Presidential Government

Chapter Outline


I. Introduction-- Presidential government defined

II. Presidential and parliamentary systems compared
  1. policy leadership
  2. responsibility for policy
  3. presidential systems and comprehensive policy
  4. recruitment of executive leaders
  5. review and control of the executive
  6. the split executive of parliamentary systems

III. Why aren't all democracies parliamentary systems

IV. Constitutional review and the fragmentation of power
  1. Box: Presidential leadership

V. A note on Constitutions and power

VI. Example: Presidential government in France

VII. Example: Presidential government in Mexico








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