PO263 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Logical Consequence, Responsible Government, Majoritarianism
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Regime: refers to the system of government and the underlying political principles that provides the legitimate basis for that form of government. A kind of complex eco system with an inner logic and coherence that holds it together. Inner logic that ties together institutions into a coherent whole. Caucus: a meeting of the members of a legislative body who are members of a particular political party, to select candidates or decide policy: the democratic regime is in greatest need of a politically educated populace. The democratic principle requires rule of the people. It also explains why do things very differently than america. The work done by cabinet members is both of a legislative and executive nature. It is misleading to describe our government as branches . The question of what sort of political institutions a state ought to have will logically follow from the question of what sort of regime it has.
