Parliamentary politics - parliamentary politics

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[Japan]
In Japan, the term parliamentary politics is used in two different ways. In the broad sense, it is used almost synonymously with "representative politics," referring to a system in which an elected parliament (at least the lower house) holds legislative power (at least the majority of it) and is thereby able to determine the outline of national politics. In the narrow sense, it is used almost synonymously with "parliamentary politics," referring to the operation of a ministerial responsibility system, i.e., a parliamentary cabinet system. The theories of the constitutional school and the claims of the people's principle theory under the Constitution of the Empire of Japan, as well as the corresponding constitutional protection movement, were nothing more than efforts to realize "parliamentary politics" within the framework of the Imperial Constitution while assuming "representative politics."

*Some of the terminology used in reference to "parliamentary politics" is listed below.

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［日本］
　日本でも，議会政治という言葉は，広狭二つのニュアンスで用いられる。広い意味では，〈代議政治〉とほぼ同義に用いられ，選挙によって選出された議会(少なくとも下院)が立法権(少なくともその主要部分)をにぎることによって国政の大綱を決定できるようなあり方をさし，狭い意味では，〈議院政治〉とほぼ同義に用いられ，大臣責任制すなわち議院内閣制の運用をさしたのである。大日本帝国憲法のもとでの立憲学派の学説や民本主義論の主張，およびそれに対応する護憲運動は，帝国憲法の枠のなかで〈代議政治〉を前提としつつ〈議院政治〉をも実現してゆこうとする努力にほかならなかった。…

※「議院政治」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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