Political Science 1020E Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Presidential System, Plurality Voting System

• School: Western University
• Department: Political Science
• Course: Political Science 1020E
• Professor: Charles Jones

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Judiciary: interprets laws, and runs the court system. Initially, was an undivided monarchical power and sovereignty. Over time, separate intuitions assumed legislative and judicial responsibilities and set boundaries to limit executive power. The e(cid:454)e(cid:272)uti(cid:448)e (cid:396)e(cid:373)ai(cid:374)s the o(cid:374)e i(cid:374)dispe(cid:374)sa(cid:271)le of the state, (cid:272)a(cid:374)"t li(cid:448)e o(cid:396) (cid:396)ule (cid:449)ithout it. Bureaucratic executive: public officials, civil servants, usually appointed, implements legislation. Political executive: prime minister and his cabinet (senior officials, government of the day), politically chosen, sets priorities, enables legislation, oversees implementation, resolves crises. ***parliamentary executive- approach where bureaucracy vs political is the clearest distinction, the political cabinet oversees civil servants directly. Presidential executive, fainter distinction, in the u. s. a the president is elected but the cabinet appointed, many civil servants are temporary partisan appointees. Dual executive: head of state (queen, governor general, president) that represent the state/sovereignty/power and head of government (prime minister, chancellor) that represent purely the political, legislative, and further the country and/or the elected.