GOVT-130 FA3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Helmut Kohl
22 Nov 2016
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Wanted to govern completely on his own (doesn"t want help: gave west germans what they wanted, peace and prosperity. With american presidential-like control over the cabinet, bureaucracy, and his political party, adenauer was able to bypass parliament when making policy decisions. Term used to characterized the chancellor"s dominance over coalition and cabinet. Helms- throughout the course of the federal republic"s time, 5 elements of chancellor-democracy can be observed: 1. Chancellor is at the center of formal and informal decision making: 2. The term chancellor democracy means personalized, political competition: 3. Close cooperation between the chancellor and the leadership of his/her party. German chancellor is not necessarily the head of the ruling party: 4. The contrast between government and opposition dominates the political dispute in germany: 5. Chancellor plays a leading role in foreign policy alone with the foreign minister. In forming the cabinet, the chancellor considers 3 factors: 1. )
