Political Science 1020E Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Crisis Management, Montesquieu, Imperial Presidency
17 Apr 2017
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Executive: implementation of the laws and execution of the law. Bureaucratic executive: public officials and civil servants, usually appointed and implements legislation. Political executive: senior officials: the government of the day", politically chosen and they set priorities, enable legislation, oversees implementation and resolve crisis. Parliamentary executive: clearer distinction, a political cabinet that oversees. Presidential executive: fainter distinction, in the united states the president is elected but the cabinet is appointed, many civil servant"s temporary partisan appointees: communist countries all civil servants become political" figures. Ceremonial leadership head of state will represent their state by making appearances. Policy-making leadership guiding legislative through the system. Popular leadership need to remain popular to the citizens. Bureaucratic leadership executive does not just relate itself to the legislative, but appeal to guiding the administration. Crisis leadership turn to the executive for rapid and emergency crisis management. Montesquieu: need of dispatch" single individual power is best for handling crisis.
