Presidential republics with a full presidential system.
Countries with a semi-presidential system.
Parliamentary republics with an executive presidency chosen by the parliament.
Parliamentary republic with a ceremonial president, where the prime minister is the executive.
Constitutional monarchies where executive power is vested in a prime minister.
Constitutional monarchies, which have a separate head of government but where royalty hold political power.
Countries with a semi-presidential system.
Parliamentary republics with an executive presidency chosen by the parliament.
Parliamentary republic with a ceremonial president, where the prime minister is the executive.
Constitutional monarchies where executive power is vested in a prime minister.
Constitutional monarchies, which have a separate head of government but where royalty hold political power.
As you can notice, there are some political systems; however, this page focuses in Presidential Systems, Constitutional Monarchies, and single-party states.
Presidential Systems
In a presidential system, a head of government – usually, the president – is also head of state and leads the executive branch and the country. However, the executive branch is separated from the legislative branch.
A presidential system contains the following three ‘advantages.’
1. Direct elections: in most cases the president is elected by popular vote. This legitimizes the power of the president.
2. Separation of powers: in most cases a presidential system established the executive and legislative power as two parallel and separated structures. This allows each branch to check upon the other, and prevent abuses of power. In other cases there is three branches: legislative, executive and judicial.
3. Stability: a president has a virtue of fixed term (4 or 6 years) and sometimes with vote reelection, in contrast to a prime minister, who can be dismissed at any time.
A presidential system contains the following three ‘advantages.’
1. Direct elections: in most cases the president is elected by popular vote. This legitimizes the power of the president.
2. Separation of powers: in most cases a presidential system established the executive and legislative power as two parallel and separated structures. This allows each branch to check upon the other, and prevent abuses of power. In other cases there is three branches: legislative, executive and judicial.
3. Stability: a president has a virtue of fixed term (4 or 6 years) and sometimes with vote reelection, in contrast to a prime minister, who can be dismissed at any time.
Constitutional Monarchy
Constitutional monarchy (also call, limited monarchies, parliamentary monarchies or crowned republics) is a type or monarchy I which the powers of the ruler or monarch are restricted to those granted under the constitution or laws. It is also a democratic government in which a monarch, who is the Head of State, is separated from political parties, to the extent of the constitution - constitutional monarchies with ceremonial monarchs and constitutional monarchies with active monarchs.
The monarch acts as a visible symbol of national unity and sovereignty. Most commonly a monarch hold formal powers such as:
- Dissolve parliament
- Give Royal Assent to legislation
- Constitutional and representational duties
37 countries are classified as constitutional monarchy
The monarch acts as a visible symbol of national unity and sovereignty. Most commonly a monarch hold formal powers such as:
- Dissolve parliament
- Give Royal Assent to legislation
- Constitutional and representational duties
37 countries are classified as constitutional monarchy
Single-party States
Communism is the ideology or system that pursues egalitarianism among citizens; it was derived from Karl Marx. Communist states (Also call workers states or socialist) are dominated by a group of people or a single party. Communism is often considered an authoritarian political system, because the government forces people to do certain jobs, and to take life decisions.
Communism pursues the abolition of inequalities in possession of wealth and facilities for the equal use of everyone. The actual ownership belongs to the people as a whole or to the sate. Communism is fulfilled when the difference between social classes is no longer achievable and therefore the government, which has been used as an instrument of class dictatorship, no longer exists.
Currently, there are 7 countries having a single-party political system and 4 ruled by self-declared Marxist-Leninist government.
Communism pursues the abolition of inequalities in possession of wealth and facilities for the equal use of everyone. The actual ownership belongs to the people as a whole or to the sate. Communism is fulfilled when the difference between social classes is no longer achievable and therefore the government, which has been used as an instrument of class dictatorship, no longer exists.
Currently, there are 7 countries having a single-party political system and 4 ruled by self-declared Marxist-Leninist government.