GOVP2 The Core Executive

Define executive.

Define Prime Minister.

Define Cabinet.

What are the requirements of a prime minister?

What are the roles of the prime minister?

What art the powers of the Prime minister?

How has prime ministerial patronage powers been limited?

What powers of patronage does the PM possess?

Does the PM have full reign in deciding cabinet?

Give an example of how coalition limits patronage powers of a PM.

How can cabinet reshuffles undermine a government/PM?

How does the PM exercise authority within the cabinet system?

How does the PM determine the agenda of cabinet meetings?

What are some sizeable commons defeats that undermined the influence of the PM?

Define Prime Minister's Office.

What are two important aspects of the Prime Ministers Office's work?

What did Cameron create in 2011 that strengthened number 10s oversight of Whitehall?

What did Blair's desire for a strong centre create?

Do the resources the PM has bring them significant power? (YES)

Do the resources the PM has bring them significant power? (NO)

What was Thatcher like as a PM?

What was Major like as PM?

What was Blair like as PM?

What did Blair do to ensure efficient policy making?

What did Lord Butler say of Blair?

What did Blair enjoy in his first two terms? and what went wrong?

What weakened Blair?

What was Brown like as PM?

What was Cameron like as PM?

Is coalition a significant constraint on PM power? (YES)

Is coalition a significant constraint on PM power? (NO)

Define Cabinet Government:

Define Prime Ministerial Government:

Define Core executive:

What does the core executive model argue?

Has there been a Presidentialisation of the office of PM? (YES)

Has there been a Presidentialisation of the office of PM? (NO)

What is the traditional constitutional view of executive power in the UK?

How is the cabinet perceived in the modern era?

What rank has cabinet joined in terms of Walter Bagehot?

What was the main reason that Thatcher failed?

How many cabinet ministers 2017?
Name 9 cabinet ministers and their posts

Define cabinet system.

What is the role of the cabinet?

What is the main business of the cabinet and cabinet committees?

How are many issues decided within government?

What does the cabinet now act as?

What are ministers discouraged from doing?

How is cabinet's ability to decide policy constrained?

When would the cabinet play an active role in the decision making process?

Define Cabinet Committees.

1) Define ministerial standing committee.
2) Define ministerial subcommittee.
3) Define ad-hoc committees.
4) Define official committees of civil servants.

Name 3 cabinet committees and 1 sub committee.

Define inner cabinet.

Define Cabinet Office.

What is Jeremy Heywoods role?

What are the 4 ministerial roles?

Collective responsibility is a core principle of collective government, what are its 3 main elements?

Define collective responsibility.

Name 3 ministerial resignations over collective responsibility.

How is collective ministerial responsibility and convention under strain?

Define indvidual ministerial responsibility.

What should ministers not be personally responsible for?

What does the cabinet manual state?

What are 4 grounds for resignation?

Name 3 examples of resignations over individual ministerial responsibility.

Define civil servant.

What advantages do civil servants have over government ministers?

What are 4 civil service core values?

Define special adviser.

Define spin doctor.

How does the civil service operate?

What act sets out the responsibilities of special advisers?

What are principles of the civil service? (4)

Define Bureaucracy.

What have been the reforms since 1998?

Concerns about civil service reforms.

Describe the structure of the department for education.