POG 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Arend Lijphart, Salman Of Saudi Arabia, Central Authority

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Politics and Public Administration
• Course: POG 100
• Professor: Patrice Dutil

Document Summary

Government saw that it could no longer sustain opposition. What system is the best looking at sociological, criminal evidence, policy and social outcomes. Subnational administrative units exercise powers delegated by central authority. Local and national government if you want power, you have to be in the capital: pros makes government easier, eliminates debates with other levels of gov. , more consistent cons one solution that fits all. They need to decentralize, the uk gov decision to give limited authority to scottish and. More discretion to the regional peoples of uk. Devolution system: political arrangements that give power to regional authorities but are not constitutionally or legally bound . Civil society: bono telling government what we should do with our money. Public: npo is yielding sovereignty and giving power to services on our behalf. Private: sub-national/provincial important role in deciding how things will be built. Why decentralization worldwide: bottom-up demand, reaction against perceived failures of the central state, eg. post communist europe.