POLS 2250 Lecture 9: BUREAUCRACY & THE POLITICAL PROCESS
13 Feb 2017
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3 branches of government lower chambers: executive crown, pm & cabinet and the bureaucracy, legislative house of commons & senate- bicamerial- upper and. Fusion of powers executive is part of the legislative branch- not separate from the legislature itself. The stupid americans are different where the president choses their cabinet and they are not part of the legislature: judicial. Responsible government: pm & cabinet are responsible to parliament. Heads the department is responsible to parliament & Rare occurrence- almost never that they resign for ministerial wrong doing. Most of the cabinet ministers that resign do so because they got reappointed to a different department or position. House must approve all government expenditures & Collective ministerial responsibility - must retain (cid:494)conf)dence(cid:495) of t(e (ouse or res)gn. Reviews existing ones parliament has to approve any. Cabinet solidarity debate in cabinet, but must.
