POL 203 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Liberal Democracy, Majority Government, Responsible Government
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Any political system is embedded in a social context. Relationship to other states (advantages/disadvantages of living next to united states) Rules that humans use to organize social interaction(informal or formal) Democracy: how we organize public decision making. Liberal democracy: limited state(the state should have things they are not allowed to infringing on). Limited role on the regulation of the market. Parliamentary democracy (as opposed to a presidential democracy): imported from. Instruction on the power and responsibility of the three branches of government, how courts should work, rules about changing the constitution, enumerates rights. Doesn t mention the prime minister, but we know that any time there is a reference to the powers of the crown. Requires interpretations that are interpreted by other judges. The prime minister and the cabinet, the public service. Role is to initiate policy proposals for consideration of the legislature. Implements and administers the power of the state .