lecture_4_politics程序.ppt

The British Government ---Political System What kind of country is it? It’s a capitalist country. It’s a constitutional monarchy. It’s a Commonwealth realm. (英联邦成员国) It’s a democratic country? Yes, it is arguably the first democracy in the world. (arguable---the ancient Greece and Rome) Britain has been called the mother of all democracy. What kind of democracy is it? It’s a parliamentary democracy. People elected the members of parliament, and the party with more MPs (member of parliament) forms the government, and the leader the party becomes the Prime Minister who is not elected directly