Political Science 1020E Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Presidential System
Executives
ļ¶Bureaucratic V. Political Executive
ļBureaucratic
ļ§Public officials, civil servants
ļ§Usually appointed
ļ§Implement legislation that they did not themselves create
ļPolitical Executive
ļ§The senior officials, PM and his cabinet
ļ§Look over a bureaucracy
ļ§The āgovernment of the dayā
ļ§Politically chosen
ļ§Sets priories, enables legislation, oversees implementation and resolves
crisis
ļParliamentary Executive
ļ§Clearer distinction
ļ§Political cabinet oversees political civil servants
ļ§The idea is that they are impartial to the party in power
ļPresidential Executive
ļ§Fainter distinction
ļ§In the USA the president is elected but the cabinet is appointed
ļ§Civil servants are not impartial
ļ¶Structure Functions
ļDual executive
ļ§Divided between two figures the head of state (queen, Gov. G.)
ļ·Stands above the partisan
ļ§The head of government (PM, chancellor)
ļ·Guides the Govāt of the day in a distinctly political respect
ļ·Developing and overseeing legislation, implementation etc.
ļ§The presidential system combines these two roles
ļStructures and Functions
ļ§Ceremonial leadership (mainly reserved for heads of state)
ļ§Policy making (developing proposals enabling their passing etc.)
ļ§Popular leadership (can be head of state, can play a central role in this
regard)
ļ§Bureaucratic Leadership (the crown lost legislative power and given to
ministers)
ļ§Crisis Leadership (advanced leadership at times of enormous difficulty)
ļLeaders
ļ§Montisqieu āneed of dispatchā
ļ·You cant get all the party leaders together to decide things
ļ·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.