Chapter 12 - Parliamentary Presidential, and Semi-Presidential Democracies: Making and Breaking Governments

Parliamentary responsibility

________ refers to the constitutional authority of a legislative majority to remove the government from office without reason.

parliamentary democracy

In a(n) ________, the government is primarily made up of a prime minister and a cabinet.

political scientists

Democracies are frequently classified as parliamentary, presidential, or semi- presidential by ________.

cabinet members

Citizens do not elect the prime minister or ________ in parliamentary democracies; only members of the legislature are elected.