CPO Case Study Guide

Country

Executive Branch

Electoral system

Division of power

Head of state and government

Current Problems

UK

parliament

SMD

w/ plurality

Unitary but devolved

Government Prime Minister

(House of Commons choses)

State

Monarchy

Brexit

No written constitution

2 ½ party system

Japan

Parliament

Mixed

(SMD & proportional representation)

unitary

Government

Prime Minister

State

Monarchy/

Emperor

Aging population, deflation, 3territory disputes

-dominant party system

-cant declare war

South Africa

Parliamentary

Proportional

Unitary

State & Government

President

(elected by national assembly)

-HIV

-Crime & Corruption

-land reform

-ANC is dominant party (liberal)

-DA opposes the party

Germany

Parliamentary

Mixed (SMD & proportional representation)

unitary

Government

Federal Chancellor

(elected by Bundestag)

State

President

(elected by special federal convention

-low birth rate

-social market economy

-changing from nuclear power

Codetermination

-Larget firms must give up board seats to the union

"sperrklausel" or "election threshold= 5% of the national vote

France

Semi-

presidential

proportional

Unitary

Government

Prime Minister

State

President

Assimilation of immigrants, EU

Russia

Semi-presidential

Proportional for LH

Upper house elected by local exec and leg branch

federal

Head of State:

President

Head of Gov:

Prime Minister

Mexico

Presidential

Mixed

(Proportional and SMD)

federal

Head of state: President

Nigeria

presidential

SMD

Federal

President

-corruption

-post-colonialism

-fragile

-increasing population

-Federal character Principle (must appoint ministers from each region/ethnicity)

US

President

SMD

with plurality

federal

State & Government

President

Political polarization

Iran

theocracy

(has a supreme leader not semi-presidential)

Shia islam

Single-

member and

Multi-member districts with plurality

Unitary

State

Supreme leader (Assembly of Experts selects)

Government

President (but doesnt have as much power)

Nuclear power, drugs/alcohol

-Guardian Council oversees elections and approve parliamentary legislation

China

Communist Nondem regime

n/a

unitary

Head of state: President