Political Science 1020E Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Barack Obama, Personal Boundaries
27 Mar 2016
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Can"t live with it, can"t rule without it . Bureaucratic executive: a) public officials, civil servants, b) usually appointed, c) implements legislature. Political executive: a) senior officials constituting government of the day. As a cabinet, part of executive and not part of legislature politically chosen (democratic legitimacy: b) politically chosen. Sets priority, enables legislature, overseas implementation, resolves crises. Presidential executive fainter distinction: usa: president elected but cabinet appointed, civil servants often temporary partisan appointees. Dual elections: a) head of state queen, governor general, president. No influence in legislature - figurehead: b) head of government prime minister, chancellor, c) elected president combines these roles.
