Political Science 3363F/G Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Executive Functions, Responsible Government
7 Oct 2016
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Iv economic, social, environmental (government) dv city. Legislature (congress - house of representatives and senate: comes up with and passes bills/ideas. Executive (president: executive function separated from the legislative, power of implementation, public service reports to president. Disadvantage: gridlock, time consuming, cannot dislodge unpopular officials. Disadvantages: no checks and balanced, concentrated power, party-ocracy. Legislature city council, exercised by: mayor has a vote like city councillors, public service executes policy. Unclear where exactly executive authority lies city manager could be delegated; council is given executive power in some ways: mayor with symbolic importance does not have independent executive authority. Disadvantages: bureaucracy as real policymaker, log rolling (vote for me, i"ll vote for all you ) Us big city mayor (chicago, ny) ontario mayor (toronto, Yes can be overruled by a 2/3 council vote but otherwise can overrule council. No mayor is a member of council, cannot veto.
