More different systems of goverment survive

Today most systems of goverment are shaped more or less the same:
2 chambber parliament, suprem court and either a President or a Prime Minister as executive. Even dictatorships pretend to be that way, maybe slapping a military junta on top.

There are only a few exceptions left, like Switzerland and Iran

How could other systems survive / be more prominent (without unneccasary social changes) like:
Sun-Ya-Tsens system, Bonapartes 4 +x chamber system, medieval spain with all its regidores and alcades, a working councils-democracy, consenus democracy, parliaments without an independent executive, privy councils as the true centres of power, the old Dutch Republic ...

Further examples welcome.
 
Sun Yixian's system is basically a variation of a French-style semi-presidential republic, so Taiwan's is also conventional.

I, for one, would love to see Switzerland's system have more countries adopting something along those lines as their system of government.
 
How could other systems survive / be more prominent (without unneccasary social changes) like: [...] consenus democracy, parliaments without an independent executive, [...]

A non-executive parliament could work if there were a clear majority party that always voted en bloc. A minority government in such a system would be a chaotic disaster. This is why parliamentary systems, and especially the Westminster model, requires that a government decide on a prime minister. Minority governments just will not work without a head of government.

What would be interesting is a government where all the party heads agree to sit on a panel. Each party head would have a certain number of votes based on parliamentary representation. Party heads would have to collaborate with each other and especially the party with the most points in order to move legislation through the chambers. This way, decision-making better reflects the composite of the electorate rather than the largest party in a given election. Obviously, this model is unworkable in most countries. Nevertheless, it might be "fairer" from certain perspectives.
 
We're actually reaching the technological point where direct democracy (every voter has the opportunity to vote on every issue - no elected representatives) is possible for a country bigger than a city-state.

Can't say I think it would work very well, but I think the same thing about a lot of governmental systems. :-}

The PoD might be a critical mass of political scandals in the legislative branch; not just values-based ones but real abuses of power as well. By popular demand the legislative branch is abolished, replaced with government-run servers where motions/laws/resolutions can be proposed and seconded. Every voter (probably voter = taxpayer) is issued an ID, password, and encrypt confirmation to access these servers. IDs are issued upon reaching voting age.

Toss in some ground rule about legislative process and some random checks to ensure people aren't using fake IDs and you've got a tech-based political system.
 
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