Political Institutions: the Structure, Branches, and Offices

Subject Outline

APolitical systems
- 1Levels and structures of various systems of government
  - aSupranational political systems: empires; leagues, confederations, and commonwealths; regional federations; world congresses [see 544.A.]
  - bNational political systems: the unitary nation-state system, the federal state system
  - cUrban governments
  - dOther subnational political systems: tribal community governments, rural community governments, regional community governments [see also 521.A.]
- 2Types and models of political systems
BThe branches of government
- 1The concentration of legislative and executive functions: parliamentary rule
- 2The legislature
- 3The executive
- 4The judiciary [see also 552.F.1.]