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New page: A '''parliamentary republic''', unlike a direct democracy or constitutional republic, is a system of representative government in which the people elect their representatives in a national...
A '''parliamentary republic''', unlike a direct democracy or constitutional republic, is a system of representative government in which the people elect their representatives in a national [[legislature]], and the legislature then chooses its own [[executive]] from the dominant [[political party]].
Generally, political parties in parliamentary republics are very popular. The government may have a constitution, but generally, parliamentary republics pattern themselves on the [[Westminster]] model under which the government is bound by [[Common Law]], rather than an enumerated legal document.
[[England]] is a parliamentary republic: citizens vote for their "members of Parliament," and the political party with the largest percentage hold of [[Parliament]] then selects its leader to be [[Prime Minister]]. For the past decade, the [[Labor Party]] has been the dominant party in England, and the Party has selected [[Tony Blair]], then [[Gordon Brown]], as Prime Minister.
==References==
*Lijphart, ''Patterns of Democracy''
[[category:politics]]
Generally, political parties in parliamentary republics are very popular. The government may have a constitution, but generally, parliamentary republics pattern themselves on the [[Westminster]] model under which the government is bound by [[Common Law]], rather than an enumerated legal document.
[[England]] is a parliamentary republic: citizens vote for their "members of Parliament," and the political party with the largest percentage hold of [[Parliament]] then selects its leader to be [[Prime Minister]]. For the past decade, the [[Labor Party]] has been the dominant party in England, and the Party has selected [[Tony Blair]], then [[Gordon Brown]], as Prime Minister.
==References==
*Lijphart, ''Patterns of Democracy''
[[category:politics]]