Madison's Dilemma
There are many systems of governments that can be classified into different types. Some of them being common amongst countries and some of them not so much. The two main organizations and/or alternatives that are most familiar are the presidential systems and the parliamentary systems. Various distinctions between these two types of systems can be distinguished. In a presidential system, the president is set apart from the legislative branch where as in the parliamentary system the chief executive (prime minister) is part of the legislative branch (the parliament). A presidential system detaches the executive and legislative body in order to implement checks and balances to restrict the powers between both functions of the government. The president,
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The Madison dilemma is a puzzle that countries seek to resolve. It’s a challenge of balancing an effective and limited government in democracies. It possess the idea that government officials and certain self-interested groups’ can possibly develop political conclusions in their benefit. Both the presidential system and the parliamentary system in their own way try to offer a solution to Madison’s dilemma. In the presidential system, fixed terms balance presidential powers. He/she is difficult to remove from position. Nevertheless it’s not impossible, an impeachment is the one and only legal way to discharge the president from office. Furthermore, in a presidential election that are held on a strict schedule can as well the change the chief executive. In addition, presidential systems supports the concept “separation of survival”. In other words, one cannot remove the other from power. The president cannot dismiss any members of the legislature or vice versa till the end of both their terms. On the other hand, in the parliamentary structure the prime minister serves indefinitely as long as he/she hold the confidence of the parliament. The parliament can hold a “vote of no confidence” which is a poll that the person in responsibility is no longer considered to hold that position and are incapable to address what they’re accountable for. Even the lack of effective leadership and a disagreement in an implementation of a policy can be enough reasoning to cause the replacement of the prime minister by the parliament. Likewise, the prime minister can bring the parliament to an end by calling for an early election. Evidently, a system of governments’ prime objective is to discover equity in its
The Madison dilemma is a puzzle that countries seek to resolve. It’s a challenge of balancing an effective and limited government in democracies. It possess the idea that government officials and certain self-interested groups’ can possibly develop political conclusions in their benefit. Both the presidential system and the parliamentary system in their own way try to offer a solution to Madison’s dilemma. In the presidential system, fixed terms balance presidential powers. He/she is difficult to remove from position. Nevertheless it’s not impossible, an impeachment is the one and only legal way to discharge the president from office. Furthermore, in a presidential election that are held on a strict schedule can as well the change the chief executive. In addition, presidential systems supports the concept “separation of survival”. In other words, one cannot remove the other from power. The president cannot dismiss any members of the legislature or vice versa till the end of both their terms. On the other hand, in the parliamentary structure the prime minister serves indefinitely as long as he/she hold the confidence of the parliament. The parliament can hold a “vote of no confidence” which is a poll that the person in responsibility is no longer considered to hold that position and are incapable to address what they’re accountable for. Even the lack of effective leadership and a disagreement in an implementation of a policy can be enough reasoning to cause the replacement of the prime minister by the parliament. Likewise, the prime minister can bring the parliament to an end by calling for an early election. Evidently, a system of governments’ prime objective is to discover equity in its