In seven pages the Riksdagen unicameral system of government in Sweden is examined. Five sources are cited in the bibliography.
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State is the king, but he has no authority in the governing of the state" (Parliamentary System). Parliament is responsible for passing laws, as well as controlling State incomes
and expenditures. Unlike an autocratic dictatorship, Swedens government cannot arbitrarily impose new taxes; rather, the existing laws, in conjunction with Parliament, have the combined necessitated for taxation with the
working relationship between government and Riksdagen serving as the peoples protective force against undemocratic increases. The Parliamentary Commissioners for the Judiciary and Civil Administration - Ombudsman -- is Swedens
"most important contribution to the international constitutional development" (Parliamentary System). II. SWEDENS PARLIAMENTARY DEMOCRATIC MONARCHY According to the first line of Swedens constitution, all public power comes from the
people; creating a government that was for the people and by the people is what promotes both individual and political strength. The decision-making process is a combined effort of
government officials and the people who elect them into office. By reallocating the political power and distributing it between government and the voting public, there is a greater sense
of fairness, accomplishment and "political vision of liberty" (Shanker PG). Voting rights begin at age eighteen once the citizen is entered into the electoral register. Swedes take this
right very seriously, inasmuch as election turnout is typically an average of 90%. Women reflect a significant presence within Swedish government, with Riksdagen representing "one of the highest in
the world" (Parliamentary System) at approximately forty percent subsequent to the 1994 election. Committees comprise a substantial part of Swedens parliamentary government, with all matters taken directly to a corresponding
committee for a pronouncement, which is particularly consequential in a political organization where government does not hold the majority. As such, the extent to which agreements and compromises are