POLS 3300 Lecture 2: POLS 3300 sept 24.docx

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POLS 3300
• Professor: Troy Riddell

Document Summary

Pogg: differences in public opinion, presidential v parliamentary system, institutional difference e. g. right to bear arms, canada appointed v elected therefore they can make policies that are more independent of public opinion. Executive: canada sitting in parliament as members, government in majority in parliament, easy to ensure their members vote in favour of their policies, easier to push their policy agenda than us to change policy due to difference of institutional rules, us president distinct from congress, president has less control over members of. Deal with issue of justice politics v justice: can you be political and achieve justice for individuals/groups of society, political popularity v justice, video obama on gun control, us president can only do so much as to persuade members of cabinet to vote on legislation but cannot control the direction it will go, political executive, attorney general.