POLS 243 Study Guide - Final Guide: Rwandan Genocide, Presidential System, Open List

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Killed by the hutus (2) define a presidential system of government. Give one example of a country that has an. Executive" presidency and one example of a country that has a symbolic" presidency. Presidential system of government = system of government where a head of government is also head of state and leads an executive branch that is separate from a legislative branch. Executive presidency = usually popularly elected, president who exercises active executive power in certain systems of government . Found in articles ii and i of the 1948 convention of the prevention and. Partition = change of political borders cutting through at least one territory considered a homeland by some community. That change is done primarily by diplomatic means, and use of military force is negligible. Secession = is the act of withdrawing from an organization, union, or especially a political entity. Threats of secession can also be a strategy for achieving more limited goals.