POLI 212 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Bicameralism, Consensus Democracy, Protestantism
11 Feb 2017
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Poli212 state and democracy part 2 lecture notes. Defining concepts, in articles, not as euro-centric. Empires and city states (andorra, luxembourg), remote and mountainous regions: cannot compete with us. Politics are different but effect is largely the same. Dimension i: executive power and party dynamics, executive vs. legislative power, party system, electoral system. Largely considered with political decision making at the executive level, how law is made. How many parties are viable working parties in parliament and which ones are government in waiting. Issue dimension: arguing over generous or condensed welfare state, issues of gay marriage, countries at war. Dimension ii: unitary vs. federal, unicameral vs. bicameral, unwritten vs. written constitution. Unitary: national government is centralized in the national government (eg. sweden is unitary, pm in stockholm, and basically all decisions made here) Federal: national decisions are split between the national capital (eg. ottawa) and capitals of the provinces or states, sovereignty shared, constitutionally granted to sub- national governments.
