INTL 3300 Lecture 6: Week 6 Lecture Notes

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Legislatures: assemblies with the authority to make laws, for most of their history, legislatures were not truly representative. Ex: ancient rome: not every legislature is democratic. Terminology: legislatures have many different names (parliament, congress, houses and chambers refer to parts to the legislature. Responsibilities of legislatures: pass legislations, power of the purse (how budget should be distributed, focusing national discussion (helps to de ne national discussion on national issues) Ex: health care (affordable care act: control of executive branch. Ex: increasing accountability, re alarm (goes off when there is an indicator of inconsistencies and foul play/ corruption), police patrol (consistent input: annual reports) Other ways: power to impeach, has to con rm policies: socializing politicians. Bicameral legislatures: legislature with two chambers, upper chamber (senate, lower chamber (house of representatives, balance of power between chambers varies. Countries vary a lot with regards to the electoral system they emply: district systems. Voters elect representatives from speci c geography constituencies.

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