Power in Government: A comparison of the American & German political systems

Paper for course about Germany and the European Union:

Germany and the United States are both wealthy, powerful, democratic states that operate in the upper-echelon of global superpowers. However, despite the apparent similarities between these two nations, they have different political concerns and divergent beliefs about the proper function of government. This disparity has manifested itself in differences of governmental structure between Germany and the United States. These differences begin at the constitutional level and persist throughout the entirety of the two political systems.

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