POLI 212 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Presidential System, People'S Party For Freedom And Democracy, Antonio Tajani
28 Feb 2017
School
Department
Course
Professor
Document Summary
Identity politics more based on creed and race: less of social welfare spending, less union participation (more individual workers, never had feudalism (lords and servants, social relations that eventually created safety net for workers) Immigration: shorter and more intense, race as an issue: large frontier people can escape economic hardship, church and politics: individualistic and fundamental in the baptist church, outside of politics. More legislative, has less cleaves than we think. Minimal-winning cabinet: cdu/csu acts as 1 party in national election, constructive vote of no confidence must propose an alternative government. Grand coalition: two party parties, usually opposing in spectrum (cdu/csu?, no care-taker cabinets. Strong judicial review: two senates: 1 rule on constitutionality 2 disputes jurisdictions. 16 lander representatives sit in bundesrat upper house loose coalition tied together but informality of sub relations blurs accountability. Political parties: forza italia (centre-right/conservative), five star movement (right), partito socialista italiano (socialist) Pr mmp (1993) pr (2005: one sided change, no coalition, parties fractured.
