parliamentary system
collocation in Englishmeaningsofparliamentaryandsystem
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parliamentary
adjective
uk/ˌpɑː.lɪˈmen.tər.i/us/ˌpɑːr.ləˈmen.t̬ɚ.i/
of or relating to ...
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system
noun
uk/ˈsɪs.təm/us/ˈsɪs.təm/
a set of connected things or devices that ...
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Even if the parties are somewhat weaker than under aparliamentarysystem, they still control their members.
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It is noteworthy that all the political parties agreed to adopt theparliamentarysystemof government.
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Even for aparliamentarysystem, the extent of party unity and speed of legislative production between 1945 and 1950 were remarkable.
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While such formal approval is generally not necessary in other countries, party leaders must have implicit support to enter government in anyparliamentarysystem.
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The other trend, the increasing adaptation to the democraticparliamentarysystem, has similarly given the radical right a weightier presence.
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It has a majoritarianparliamentarysystemwith a unitary political structure with few challenges to the power of the executive.
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The president, however, shares power with the prime minister, who can be defeated by a no-confidence vote - the hallmarks of aparliamentarysystem.
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The constitution did not create aparliamentarysystemand in some ways strengthened the power of the presidency.
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Despite such an emphasis, there have been only few cases in which a presidential system has actually been switched to aparliamentarysystem.
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What role do opposition parties play in a legislature of aparliamentarysystem?
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This prediction is not particularly daring when there is a majority government in aparliamentarysystem.
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Moving from a presidential to aparliamentarysystemwould lower the expected outcome by somewhere between 0.087 and 0.509, or 0.295 on average.
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A roll in aparliamentarysystemthus can occur only if this general tendency of parliamentary governments to present united fronts breaks down.
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How do political controls operate in aparliamentarysystem?
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As this happened, the probability of an event extreme enough to cause a realignment declined far more rapidly than would have occurred in aparliamentarysystem.
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Of course, legislatures do try to restrict presidential freedom, but their control is less direct than that exercised by a parliament over the cabinet in aparliamentarysystem.
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However, this incident also set the stage for a series of new debates, which in retrospect led to the adoption of the constitution andparliamentarysystem.
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Lijphart argues that the ideal form would be participation of leaders of all segments in a grand coalition cabinet within aparliamentarysystembased on proportionality.
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I believe that the amendment moved by my noble friend follows the tradition of ourparliamentarysystem, particularly in the area of local government.
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We are setting unfortunate precedents for the future health of ourparliamentarysystem.
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