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positive parliamentarism

positive parliamentarism noun: a type of parliamentary government in which an incoming government must win affirmative parliamentary support, typically through an investiture vote, in order to take office.

Noun

positive parliamentarism (uncountable)

  1. A type of parliamentary government in which an incoming government must win affirmative parliamentary support, typically through an investiture vote, in order to take office.
    • Under ‘positive’ parliamentarism, the government needs the active support of an absolute majority.2020, Johannes Lindvall and Hanna Bäck, “Sweden’s Parliamentary Democracy at 100”, in Parliamentary Affairs, volume 73, number 3, →DOI, pages 477–502
    • The distinction between ‘negative’ and ‘positive’ parliamentarism ... has gained a wide use.2024, Tom Louwerse, “Investiture and Removal of Governments: ‘Positive’ and ‘Negative’ Parliamentarism”, in New Developments in the Study of Coalition Governments (Studies in Public Choice), volume...

Forms of positive parliamentarism

alternative formpositive parliamentarianism

Origin of positive parliamentarism

From positive + parliamentarism, in contrast with negative parliamentarism.

Questions about positive parliamentarism

What does positive parliamentarism mean?
Positive parliamentarism means a type of parliamentary government in which an incoming government must win affirmative parliamentary support, typically through an investiture vote, in order to take office.
What part of speech is positive parliamentarism?
Positive parliamentarism is a noun.

Words near positive parliamentarism in the dictionary

  1. positive neutralism
  2. positive neutrality
  3. positive numbers
  4. positive organ
  5. positive organs
  6. positive parliamentarism
  7. positive pion
  8. positive polarity item
  9. positive polarity items
  10. positive pole
  11. positive poles

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