Political Science 1020E Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Unicameralism, New Rights, Mancur Olson
11 Apr 2017
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Political bureaucratic executive: public officials, civil servants, usually appointed, implements legislation implementation of the executive political executive, senior officials: the government of the day", politically chosen, sets priorities, enables legislation, oversees implementation, resolves crises. Parliamentary executive clearer distinction: political cabinet oversees bureacratic civil servants, but do prime ministers still want impartial advice, can bureaucrats speak truth to power . Fainter distinction: usa: president elected, but cabinet appointed, many civil servants temporary partisan appointees, communist countries- all civil servants political". Montesquieu need of dispatch - single individual best. Harvey c. mansfield: room for manoeuvre, especially in crisis. Presidents and presidentialism president anyone can declare to call themselves a president. Also indirectly elected presidents can serve as heads of the state: no traditional monarchy. Presidentialism: separation of power president governs but is checked by a legislature (s)he cannot effectively control and by supreme court: idea that was is produced will be more consented to.
