According to Beatty (1986), population genetics defines the core of the modern synthesis. In the first few decades of the 20th century, most field naturalists continued to believe that Lamarckian and orthogenic mechanisms of evolution provided the best explanation for the complexity they observed in the living world.
The Netherlands has been a constitutional monarchy since 1815 and a parliamentary democracy since 1848. Previously, it was a republic from 1581 to 1806, and a kingdom between 1806 and 1810 (it was part of France between 1810 and 1813).
Parliament and democratic legitimacy. â From a talk for sixth-formers at Europe House for Parliament week. I think it would be counter-productive to try and tackle the issue of democratic legitimacy of Parliament without first talking about what we mean by democracy and why it is so incredibly vital. Democracy is meant to ensure that every person has an equal say in how they are governed, and therefore some of the most important aspects of their lives.