POL214Y1 Lecture 3: Lecture 3.docx
10 Oct 2013
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Machinery of government : organization of government, state vs government, queen + governor general (executive, prime minister (executive, cabinet (executive) We won"t have a question on the meech lake vs charlottetown accord, because we haven"t done enough on the question. Current issues in canadian politics: individuals wanted to get citizenship without giving an oath in the queen"s name. Bureaucracy works for the pm, cabinet: abc"s appointed by pm, but don"t work directly for him (agencies, boards, corporations, cc: crown corporation (ex. At a provincial level: no senates, some provincial courts but at the lowest level of courts. Pm can only directly influence the departments of the bureaucracy. Max weber: legitimate use of force within a specific territory = state". Government is more personal than the state: governments come and go, the state remains. Symbolic state: head of state queen, de facto head of state governor general.
