Political Science 1020E Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Patrimonialism, Legislature, Parliamentary System
1 Jan 2016
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Executive legislative relations related to regime type of state. Parliamentary system: executive uses cabinet to have control over legislative. Presidential: executive challenged and checked by legislature -> may lead to stalemate not effective legislation. Legislature initially center piece of democracy, but modern executive has risen to a position of primacy -> assemblies checking power executive via scrutiny, question periods, confining modern executives that have grown too powerful, etc. No longer clear that good government requires a strong assembly- may lead to political stalemate (executives govern- strong assembly can lead to inability to govern) Before bureaucracy was patrimonial administration: preexists modern democracy: personal agents of monarch, agents rooted in royal household. Vs patrimonialism= personal (traits, etc: office exists independently of the office holder: offices= impersonal. With the victory in election, new party/leader gets to bring bureaucrats more inclined to the party line, new set of appointments in middle/upper levels bureaucracy- rising partisanship.
