Japan has a parliamentary government with a constitutional monarchy. The emperor still holds his title as a symbol of national unity, but elected politicians hold actual decision-making power. READ MORE The na
Belgium is a constitutional monarchy with a parliamentary system of government. The land is divided into three autonomous regions: Flanders, the Dutch-speaking peoples of the more economically developed north who comprise a majority of the population, Wallonia, the French-speaking southern provinces, ...
Do the media set the parliamentary agenda? A comparative study in seven countries. Eur. J. Polit. Res. 55, 283-301. https://doi.org/10.1111/1475-Vliegenthart, Rens, Stefaan Walgrave, Frank R. Baumgartner, Shaun Bevan, Christian Breunig, Sylvain Brouard, Laura Chaqu麓es-Bonafont, ...
According to Lebanese TV channel Al Jadeed, Aoun also pledged in the speech to "call for parliamentary consultations as soon as possible to choose a prime minister," and "confirm the state's right to monopolize the carrying of weapons." "We will invest in the army to control and secure t...
There are two European countries that start with the letter R. They are: * Romania * Russia Both countries are located in Eastern Europe. Romania is a republic with a parliamentary system of government. It has a population of over 19 million people. Russia is also a republic, but it has...
This appears to have been a policy U-turn following a change of government in 2007. However, no such repeal had been reported as at Dec 2018. DOCUMENTS: Annual return 1937 - Juvenile offenders Statistical return sent by the local government to the Colonial Office, with annotations by "Sir ...
The Constitution offers for a Parliamentary form of government which is federal in structure with certain unitary characteristics. The constitutional head of the Executive of the Union is the President. As per Article 79 of the Constitution of India, the council of th...
Technically, Canada is a constitutional monarchy with the U.K. monarch as the head of state. The royal leader is represented locally by a largely ceremonial governor-general appointed by the Canadian prime minister. The government follows the British style of parliamentary democracy. The capital, ...
We consider legislative elections for countries with parliamentary systems and presidential elections for those with presidential systems. In our sample, two thirds of the elections happened in democratic countries (countries with a positive Polity2 index on the scale ranging from -10 to +10). Data...
But in January 1979, the shah, fatally ill with cancer, fled Iran as mass demonstrations swelled against his rule. The Islamic Revolution followed, led by Grand Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, and created Iran’s theocratic government. Later that year, university students overran the U.S. Embassy ...