POLS 489 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Collation, Divided Government, One-Party State
13 Oct 2016
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How the power is split between different executives in government. Example #1: congress and presidents interact to develop policy, who is liable for positive or negative effects to the economy. Example #2: collation of parties and ministers to interact within government. Two or more parties that are in contest for votes and power. When equal power, it is more difficult to determine the competency signal. 5 hard to determine responsibility (divided government us government) 1 (cid:271)la(cid:373)e everyo(cid:374)e (cid:894)(cid:272)ollatio(cid:374) a(cid:374)d it (cid:271)e(cid:272)o(cid:373)es everyo(cid:374)e"s fault(cid:895) Greater the party in power, the more economic voting. Less the party is in power, the less economic voting. Unified government (one party controls congress and presidency) Single party (easiest to determine blame: majority. Passed the policy on their own: minority. Needed help of other party to pass policy. Coalition (more difficult to determine blame because you do not know who is directly writing the bill) Majority: majority of the members of legislature.
