Week topic

 Exercises

1. Explain Presidential system of government.

2. What are the main features of Presidential system of government that differentiate it from the Parliamentary system?

3. Discuss the functions of the cabinet in a parliamentary system of government.

4. What are the merits and demerits of the Parliamentary system?

5. Outline the collective responsibility of the cabinet in the Parliamentary system.


WEEK NINE

TOPIC: TYPES AND CHARACTERISTICS OF GOVERNMENT CONTINUED

Learning objectives

At the end of the lesson, the learners should be able to:

1. 
   Define Confederal system of government
   
2. 
   Define monarchy
   

It is a form of government in which a group, usually a family called the dynasty, embodies the country’s national identity and one of its members, called the monarch, exercises a role of sovereignty. The actual power of the monarch may vary from purely symbolic (crowned republic), to partial and restricted (constitutional monarchy), to completely autocratic (absolute monarchy).

The British monarchy