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Majoritarian and Consensus Democracies including application to UK & US governments
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- 1The ________ model shows the broad distinction of consensus and majoritarian democraciesLijphart
- 2Name the 8 key distinctions that Lijphart uses in his model1. Government form
2. Constitutional form
3. Legislative structure
4. Judicial review powers
5. Form of executive government
6. Relationship of exec. and legis.
7. The electoral system
8. The party system - 3According to Lijphart's model, government form in a majoritarian democracy is....Unitary and centralised
- 4According to Lijphart's model, constitutional form in a majoritarian democracy is....Flexible and can be amended
- 5According to Lijphart's model, the legislative form in a majoritarian democracy is....Centralised, with by one or bicameral chamber
- 6According to Lijphart's model, the powers the judiciary have to approve law (judiciary review) in a majoritarian democracy is....to enforce and interpret (where vague) only. Legislature has final word
- 7According to Lijphart's model, the form of executive government in a majoritarian democracy is....concentrated in a single party government
- 8According to Lijphart's model, the more dominant out of the executive and the legislature in a majoritarian democracy is....the executive
- 9According to Lijphart's model, the electoral system that decides the make up of the legislature in a majoritarian democracy is....majoritarian, 'first past the post' representation, not proportional to votes cast, often representatives elected on plurality (not landslide majority)
- 10According to Lijphart's model, the party system in a majoritarian democracy is....a two party system
- 11According to Lijphart's model, government form in a consensus democracy is....federal and decentralised
- 12According to Lijphart's model, constitutional form in a consensus democracy is....rigid, and can only be changed by extraordinary majority
- 13According to Lijphart's model, the legislative form in a consensus democracy is....shared between two equally strong chambers
- 14According to Lijphart's model, the powers the judiciary have to approve law (judiciary review) in a consensus democracy is....the final word - laws subject to constitutional review by the judiciary
- 15According to Lijphart's model, the form of executive government in a consensus democracy is....multi-party power sharing
- 16According to Lijphart's model, the more dominant out of the executive and the legislature in a consensus democracy is....neither - they have balance of power
- 17According to Lijphart's model, the electoral system that decides the make up of the legislature in a consensus democracy is....proportional representation, seats allocated according to votes cast
- 18According to Lijphart's model, the party system in a consensus democracy is....multi-party