Political Science the Issue Raised Term Paper

The prevailing culture has its greatest effect in terms of the form of government accepted by the people. The American system of government was shaped to be different from the parliamentary system prevalent in England and in other countries of Europe. The most dominant form of government in Europe today is some form of parliamentary government with a prime minister generally chosen from the political party with the largest number of seats. Some countries have a president who participates in the selection, while others have the prime minister as the head of the government. Some European countries still have a monarchy, though this is largely relegated today to the position of head of state rather than head of the government, meaning that the monarch is a symbol of the unity of the nation and serves a ceremonial function without participating directly in the promulgation or passage of laws. In country after country similar provisions are found for selecting a prime minister and for structuring government, though these nation-states were formed and adopted their constitutions at different times and under different circumstances.

In terms of shaping the political debate over time, the most powerful force is the practical agenda of the political parties to get and keep power.This desire operates within the cultural system of the U.S., but it is the need to get elected that shapes the discourse to the greatest degree.

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