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ThepoliticalsystemcomparisonThroughlearningthecourseaboutthesocietyandcultureofmajorEnglish-speakingcountriesanintroduction,Iexpandmyhorizonsandlearnalot.NowIwouldliketotalkaboutthesimilaritiesanddifferencesofBritainandtheUnitedstatespoliticalsystem.Firstofall,welearnaboutthepoliticalsystem.Politicalsystembelongstothesuperstructure,isaboutthestatepowermanagementformandrelevantnationalpoliticalactivities.Itincludessomebasiccontentaboutthemainformofgovernment,nationalstructureandrulemethod.BritainandtheUnitedStatesbothbelongtothecapitalistcountries,butthetwocountrieshavedifferentpoliticalsystem.SoherewewilltocomparethedifferencesbetweentheBritainandtheUnitedStates.Firstly,Britainisatypicalconstitutionalmonarchy.Theparliamentisthetoplegislatureandhighestorganofstatepower.theCabinetresponsibility.WhiletheUSAisaconstitutionalfederalrepublic.Theseconddifferenceistheformofgovernment.Britishgovernmentconsistsofkingorqueen,ParliamentandCabinet.AmericangovernmentconsistsofCongress,presidentandSupremeCourt.Thirdly,thestatusandpoweroftheheadofstateisdifferent.MonarchistheofficialheadofstateinBritain.Butthemonarchishereditaryandreignsbutdoesnotgovern.Heisthesymbolofnationandhasnorealpower.ButintheUnitedStates,thepresidentistheheadofstateHeisalsogovernmentleadersandthecountry'sarmedforcescommander.TheexecutivepowerconcentratedinthePresident.ThePresidentdecidedtodomesticandforeignpolicieswithverybroadpowers.Fourthly,therelationoflegislativeandexecutiveisdifferent.ThechiefexecutiveofBritainisPrimeMinister.PrimeMinisterandCabinetareresponsibletotheparliament.ParliamentsuperviseCabinet.Buttheprimeministerhastherighttodissolveparliament.Theprimeminister,cabinetandparliamentcheckeachother.ThechiefexecutiveoftheUnitedStatesisthepresident.ThePresidentisresponsiblefortheconstitution.Hehastherighttovetothebill,buthasnorighttodissolveparliament.Thevotecanbeoverriddenbyatwo-thirdsvoteinboththeSenateandHouseofsentatives.Congressandthepresidenthaveequalstatusandcheckeachother.Fifthly,electoralsystemisdifferent.ThecitizensinBritaincanelectthehouseofCommons,thekingandthehouseoflordsisnotelectedbycitizens.IntheUnitedStates,Congressandthepresidentarebothdirectlyelectedbycitizens.SoAmericanhavebiggerrightsthanBritish.WhatcausesthedifferencebetweenBritainandtheUnitedStatesaboutthepoliticalsystem.Therearesomereasons.Firstly,theprincipalcontradictionofBritishbourgeoisrevolutionisthebourgeoisclassandfeudalrulingclasscontradiction.WhiletheUnitedStatesisthecontradictionofthebourgeoisandthecolonialrulers.Secondly,thebourgeoisrevolutioninBritainisearlier,thepowerofthebourgeoisieislimited.Implementingaconstitutionalmonarchyisactuallybourgeoiscompromisingtofeudalforces.DuringthebourgeoisrevolutionoftheUnitedStates,capitalismwentthroughaperiodofdevelopmentagain,thestrengthbecamemorepowerful.TherearealsosomeSimilaritiesbetweenthem.Aboveall,BritainandtheUnitedStatesbothinpowerofBourgeoisclassandcapitalistcountry.Theycarryoutuniversalsuffrage.Then,theyimplementseparationofthethreepowers.Legislative,executive,andjudicialbranchrestrictandsuperviseeachother,butjustdecentralizationlevelsaredifference.Theyarebuiltonthefoundationofcapitalistprivateownershipofthemeansofproductionandserviceforbourgeois.What'smore,theyestablishedinthesameway.Throughtheestablishmentoflegaldocuments,fromtheruleofmantotheruleoflaw.AmericanandBritishpoliticalsystemcansayhavethedifferencesandsimilarities.Astheproductofbourgeoisrevolution,BritishandAmericanpoliticalsystemhasitshistoricalprogress,sotheyareworthustothinkandstudy.