Political Science 1020E Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Presidential System
26 Jun 2018
School
Department
Course
Professor
Executives
Bureaucratic V. Political Executive
Bureaucratic
Public officials, civil servants
Usually appointed
Implement legislation that they did not themselves create
Political Executive
The senior officials, PM and his cabinet
Look over a bureaucracy
The “government of the day”
Politically chosen
Sets priories, enables legislation, oversees implementation and resolves
crisis
Parliamentary Executive
Clearer distinction
Political cabinet oversees political civil servants
The idea is that they are impartial to the party in power
Presidential Executive
Fainter distinction
In the USA the president is elected but the cabinet is appointed
Civil servants are not impartial
Structure Functions
Dual executive
Divided between two figures the head of state (queen, Gov. G.)
Stands above the partisan
The head of government (PM, chancellor)
Guides the Gov’t of the day in a distinctly political respect
Developing and overseeing legislation, implementation etc.
The presidential system combines these two roles
Structures and Functions
Ceremonial leadership (mainly reserved for heads of state)
Policy making (developing proposals enabling their passing etc.)
Popular leadership (can be head of state, can play a central role in this
regard)
Bureaucratic Leadership (the crown lost legislative power and given to
ministers)
Crisis Leadership (advanced leadership at times of enormous difficulty)
Leaders
Montisqieu “need of dispatch”
You cant get all the party leaders together to decide things
Sometimes a single leader is best to make quick decisions
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Document Summary
Implement legislation that they did not themselves create. The senior officials, pm and his cabinet. Sets priories, enables legislation, oversees implementation and resolves crisis. The idea is that they are impartial to the party in power. In the usa the president is elected but the cabinet is appointed. Divided between two figures the head of state (queen, gov. Guides the gov"t of the day in a distinctly political respect. The presidential system combines these two roles. Ceremonial leadership (mainly reserved for heads of state) Policy making (developing proposals enabling their passing etc. ) Popular leadership (can be head of state, can play a central role in this regard) Bureaucratic leadership (the crown lost legislative power and given to ministers) Crisis leadership (advanced leadership at times of enormous difficulty) You cant get all the party leaders together to decide things. Sometimes a single leader is best to make quick decisions.
