POL 101W Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Westminster System, Parliamentary System, Presidential System
1 Dec 2017
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Parliament: position of pm recognized by 18th century. Executive-legislative relations: a close relationship between the politicala executive and parliament, when the party achieves a majority of votes it is expecte to form a government. Executive system: cabinet: cabinet minister"s represent the various government administrative units (e. g. , health. Canadian parliamentary system: unique, judiciary, charter and federal system. Its job is to criticize and hold accountable the party in power. It can introduce motions of non-confidence to focus attention on policy. Senate: a body of sober second thought to check democratic tendencies of the house of. The political executive: as opposed to parliamentary systems, the presidential system is not characterized by a close relationship between the political executive and the legislative branch, hard to pass legislation. Political executive: forms of council to the president come from, white house staff (e. g. jared kushner, stephen bannon, kellyanne conway, executive offices e. g. the office of management and budget, council of.
