Democracy In Peril: The Pros And Cons Of Democracy

The Constitution gave our country a frame work in which we have built into a great nation. Their idea is that the purpose of our system, meaning our democracy, is to protect an individual’s liberty. William Hudson tries to convince us that there should be a connection between the government we have today and the government in other countries, Parliamentary System. In chapter 1 of the textbook, Democracy in Peril, starts off by giving the reader background knowledge of the found fathers, signers of the Declaration of Independence and the drafters of the Constitution, which reflect as “democracy models” or “protective democrats.” What the founding fathers did not want to happen is for there to be a corrupt government which ignored the rights

The original Parliamentary System was created in Great Britain. This form of government includes a leader known as a prime minister, usually from a legislative party. The prime minister then selects a cabinet from their legislative majority party. Their objective is to focus on the daily operations caused by the government’s bureaucracy. The parliamentary government is in charge of initiating and passing all legislation created. The advantages of this system is that there is a unified government, there is no veto power, and the party is responsible for the decisions, consequences or rewards of policies that are passed. The Cabinet must “maintain the confidence” of parliament. Some disadvantages of this method is that divided governments are Constitutionally impossible to control. In addition to that, power is from this system falls all on the Prime Minister and Cabinet. They rule with the entire trust of parliament on them. If something goes wrong, it’s solely their

It starts off by telling us about the background history of the Constitution and the making of it. Why is the Constitution important to us? At the time that our nation was still in its prime, there was great debate over what would become the structure of the United States government that we know today, the Constitution. The nation was split between two groups, the Federalists, or the supporters of the Constitution, and the Anti-Federalists. The chapter then goes on telling us about the different types of powers of our government and how it entitles the way we act in our society. In the end, the author, William Hudson tries to tell us how a Parliamentary System can be beneficial to us and why he should thinks we should start bridging that kind of government with our very