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Power and the State Flashcards

1
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Failure to foresee crisis of 2008

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Absence of robust mechanisms to challenge policy

Inadequacies in policy implementation and evaluation

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Lobbying

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Lobbying is attempting to influence decisions made by officials in the government

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Sovereignty

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Supreme power

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4
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Popular sovereignty

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People have power

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5
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Maintenance of power

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Hobbes: Leviathan (coercion)

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Legitimacy

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Belief that a particular political order is just and valid

Acceptability or appropriateness of a ruler or political regime to its members

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7
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Forms of legitimacy

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Traditional
National
Religious

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8
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Pluralism

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R. Dahl
Competing groups
Fragmented power

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Elitism

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C. W. Mills

Power in the hands of a small elite

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10
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Classical elitism

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R. Michels

Iron law of oligarchy

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11
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Marxism

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State dominated by a united ruling class

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Government

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15 members (Taoiseach: Enda Kenny and 14 Ministers)

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Choosing a government

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Dail - elects -> Taoiseach - chooses -> Memebers (14 Ministers, 17 Ministers of State, Attorney General), approved by Dail and appointed by President

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Cabinet

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Government
Attorney General
Chief Whip
Secretary to the Government (takes minutes)

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Minister of Finance

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Michael Noonan

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16
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Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade

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Eamonn Gilmore

17
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Minister of Health

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James Reilly

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Minister of State

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Seán Sherlock

19
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Constraints on the power of the Taoiseach

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The Public
Interest Groups
The Media
The Oireachtas / Parliament

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Assembly

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A bringing together of public representatives

21
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Legislature

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The making of law

22
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Accountability

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Holding government to account

23
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Oireachtas (Parliament)

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President
Senad (60 Senators)
Dáil (House of Representatives)
166 TDs

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Law

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Made by Parliament
Implemented by government
Interpreted by the judiciary

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