POLS 2250 Chapter Notes - Chapter 11: Caucus, Cabinet Collective Responsibility, United Kingdom Cabinet Committee

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POLS 2250
• Professor: Nanita Mohan

Document Summary

Individual ministerial responsibility- refers to the responsibility of the minister as the political head of department, to answer to the legislature and, through the legislature, to the public both for his personal acts and department actions. The minister is also legally responsible for policies, programs, and administration of his department. In other words it promotes accountability: hierarchy facilitates coordination, with the cabinet as the central coordinating mechanism of government, power in the executive sphere is exercised in the form of influence. This is demonstrated through bureaucratic politics approach to policy making this approach focuses on the individuals within a government and the interactions among them. In this case the role of cabinet is to deal with routine issues. Cabinet committees: coordinates policies and programs to allocate financial and human resources and controlling the public service, the pm determines the existence and responsibilities of cabinet ministers.