PSCI331 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Individual Ministerial Responsibility, Majority Government, Representative Democracy
12 Mar 2016
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Representaive democracy: authority conferred on elected oicials to make binding decisions: public policies. Cabinet-parliamentary government: fusion of powers, authority exercised by poliical execuive (pm and cabinet) Solidarity (decision-making: oath: ministers pledge to act as a single unit, duty to keep cabinet discussions conidenial and publicly support policy presented to parliament, or resign. Strategic direcion (policy: ministers represent interests of departments/regions. Legiimacy of execuive power depends on conidence of legislature: majority support. Assumed unless denied through a conidence vote: supply bill: any proposals requiring public funds, speciic moion iled by opposiion (relaively new) If conidence is lost, government is obligates to resign. Penalies of non-compliance (eg. expulsion from caucus: individual ministerial responsibility. Empowerment: minister vested with execuive powers by pm and statute. Responsible for operaions of departments: own acions and acions of subordinates, past and present. Answerability: must answer to parliament for porfolio. Problems: explain correcive acion and have future prevenion.
