Government Formation and Executive-Legislative Relations

Mechanisms governing how a government is formed, how the executive and legislature relate structurally, and how ordinary lawmaking proceeds, including Coalition Formation, Coalition Government, Caretaker Government, Dissolution of Parliament, Head of State and Head of Government, Bicameralism and the Legislative Process. Belongs here: a structural mechanism of how a government comes together or how the executive and legislative branches are organized relative to each other. Does not belong here: a mechanism whose purpose is oversight or removal of an existing government, grouped under Checks, Balances and Institutional Oversight.