false. Speer’s well structured and thought out defence shaped historical interpretation for years to come. At Nuremberg he presented himself as a pure technician and not involved in the politics or ideology of the party. He also claimed collective responsibility for crimes against Jews but also his ignorance of the Nazi intentions. As he stated at a later time: “I just stood aside and said to myself that as long as I did not personally participate it had nothing to do with me. My toleration for the
Affirmative Action and Collective Responsibility It is not surprising that affirmative action is under attack: along with welfare, it benefits a section of society with very little political clout. It is a convenient place for the displaced anger of working-class white men who have seen their real wages decrease for the past thirty years. It stirs up feelings of racism that politicians are quick to publicly denounce but even quicker to exploit. There is, however, very little serious discussion
contacting the police who then unfold the truth about him. The play finishes when the police calls saying a young lady died and an inspector is on his way to the Birling house. I think the whole play is very important and a good example of collective responsibility. You understand the problem which follows the behaviour of those people. The content shows the bad treatment of a “normal “family towards a person, who lives on a lower social standard, without realizing that they destroy this person’s
Introduction A government consists of institutions responsible for making collective decisions for society. More narrowly, government refers to the top political level within such institutions. Governance, by contrast, refers to the process of making collective decision, a task in which government may not play a leading, or even any role. There are many things that the government do such as transfer of resources, subsidies with strings attached, regulations, and development and administration.
Accountability of Our Government Accountability is the essence of our democratic form of government. It is the liability assumed by all those who exercise authority to account for the manner in which they have fulfilled responsibilities entrusted to them, a liability ultimately to the Canadian people owed by Parliament, by the government and thus, every government department and agency. One of the fundamental principals of a democratic society is the government must be accountable to the people
doesn’t govern the country alone; the Cabinet as a whole discuss most matters. You could then say that we have Cabinet government as they do supposedly collectively make decisions on matters. The position however of power in one government may differ from that of another, Margaret Thatcher for example rarely used Cabinet at all, John Major on the other hand used it regularly and considered there opinions vital in the decision making process. Cabinet government can operate in a number of
powers and roles he does on behalf of the monarch. There is much tradition involved, as with much of the UK parliamentary system. It can be argued that the PM is the most powerful person in the country. Some PM’s have used their powers over their Cabinet more than others. This all depends on the style and personality of their leadership. An example being Margret Thatcher was a very over powering PM, ruling over parliament rather than with parliament. The PM has numerous powers.
In the British System members of the Cabinet are drawn from and are therefore accountable for Parliament – so the executive and legislature are thus fused. It can duly be referred as The Dictatorship of the Cabinet. So, the Prime Minister will draw Cabinet members from MPs in the House of Commons or member of the House of Lords (and can even make someone a Lord specifically to put them in the Cabinet). Secondly, government policy (e.g. planned legislation, orders issued, priorities decided for time
Where as in a parliamentary system, the prime minister is elected by the majority party, there is cabinet responsibility, votes of confidence and no fixed terms. Their upper houses are not directly elected, and they have a lower chance of gridlock (class notes). The prime minister has almost all control over the members of parliament which is also different
Introduction to Parliamentary government: In a democracy,governments are classified on the basis of relationship of the political executive with the legislative branch. If the executive is answerable and responsible to the legislature it is called Cabinet form of Government or Parliamentary form of government,while if the legislative and executive are completely seperate from each other it is called as presidential form of government. In the presidential form of government, there exists a very close
In the parliamentary system the chief executive of the state (Prime Minister) is not elected directly by the people, but he is normally the leader of the majority party in the Parliament. He chooses his own Cabinet which again, normally should be out of the Parliament only. The entire Cabinet is accountable to the Parliament and as soon as it loses confidence of the Parliament, it has to resign from the, office. As against this, in the Presidential system, the chief executive i.e. the President is
Cabinet proceedings are confidential; however, they have no legal power and they need make sure they follow cabinet collective responsibility. In Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Act 2011, the Public Administration Select Committee examined the role and responsibilities of ministers to see if there was area for reductions. Ministers are expected to vote with the executive government
The Government Style of Britain Lord Hailsham suggested the phrase elective dictatorship in his academic paper written in 1976. Elective dictatorship refers to the fusion of powers of the executive and the legislature; where the legislature is drawn from the executive therefore resulting in dominance of the executive over the legislature. Firstly the executive’s majority in the House of Commons reinforces the executives dominance. Elective dictatorship occurs in conjunction with this
the minister are more likely to be loyal and less likely to openly rebel against the prime minister. For example, A Gallup poll conducted in 1988 is very revealing on this point. It reported that only 31 percent of respondents could name a single Cabinet minister four years after the Mulroney government had come to power (Savoie, 2009). Today, the prime minister can easily become a television personality, which allows the prime minister to be the only substantial candidates in the election race. This
will explain for the motivations behind the Senate, even if they have seemingly fewer incentives than the MPs, such as free of worrying about being re-elected. For the MPs in Canada, party discipline is the core for their actions. For them, collective responsibility plays a big part in their agenda. As a party, they are held responsible for any decision that their party makes, and are expected to defend it at any given point of time. For a majority government, party discipline becomes an even more important
institutions. The Queen holds primary authority in parliament, however parliament does not directly make new legislation that is passed by executive bodies which receive their power from parliament. The executive carries out the general policy determined by cabinet. The public authorities role is to implement the law constructed by the legislative body, support social and economic welfare , maintain order and provide security, conducting public services for example; health, electricity. The judicial has the
The Legislative Acts as a Check on the Executive I am going to look at the main role of both the executive and the legislature. The above statement does not give a clear insight to what checks and balances are in place today. Policies have changed since parliament came into being and this essay will examine how and to what extent this statement is true. The executive is the administrative branch of the government; it makes laws through the means of delegated legislation and drafts bills
famously by Britain the United States respectively. Due to their difference in the system of governing, the role of an Australian Prime Minister may vary from that of an American President. Thus, differentiation of the system may incur a verity of responsibility and privilege that one and another desire to hold. First of all, the power distribution varies in these two systems. The position of president grants him/herself both the head of government, also known as chief executive and the head of state
on health and education as well as reforms to welfare that targeted the poorest in the name of equality; taxation was reformed in an effort to assist the poorest families, and throughout his time in power Blair made regular pronouncements on the collective interest and the importance of social solidarity and expressed an idea of Britain defined by not each person for themselves, but working together as a community to ensure that everyone, not just the privileged few’. In reality, the Labours faced
The United States of America, United Kingdom, and Russia all have different ways of controlling their country. There are three models of democracy: parliamentary, presidential and semipresidential systems (O’Neil, 2007). A presidential system represents the minority of democratic systems around the world. Parliamentary systems can be found in a majority of democracies around globally (O’Neil, 2007). Lastly, there is a semipresidential system. The semipresidential system is a hybrid between parliamentary