Executive Flashcards
Political Executive
- PM
- Cabinet
- Ministers
Administrative Executive
Civil Service
Role of executive
- Policy decisions
- Proposing legislation
Formal powers of the PM
- Patronage
- Chairs Cabinet
- Foreign Policy
- Calling elections
Informal powers of the PM
- Controlling policy
- Controlling parliaments agenda
- Economic leadership
-National Leadership
Collective Cabinet Responsibility
- Discussions are private
- Decisions are binding
- If it loses a vote of confidence, it should resign (Callaghan 1979)
Individual Ministerial Responsibility
- Ministers are responsible for policy failure
- Ministers are responsible for their personal conduct
- Ministers aren’t generally responsible for department failures
what is the Core executive
The core executive is that part of government that implements policy.
what is a prime ministerial government
A prime minister is not the head of state, but rather the head of government, serving as the chief of the executive under either a monarch or a president in a republican form of government.
what is presidentialism
A Presidential government is a system of government in which the head of government and head of state is one person
For Prime Ministerial Govt
- PM Advantage of institutional power
- Cabinet government downgraded
- growth of institutional resources
- personal leadership
Against Prime Ministerial Govt
- Core executive theory
- PM has to “work through” cabinet
For Presidentialism
- Personal leadership
- Public/ media outreach
- separation between PM and ministers
Against Presidentialism
- Core executive theory
- dependant on popularity
- dependant on party
Theories of executive power:
Cabinet Govt
- power is collective
- PM is first amongst equals
- discussions must be held
