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public administration 1st year uni UOTTAWA
Hanin Lewa
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What is governance? term applied to many diff institutions
What type of social institutions are there for governance? -society as a whole and subgroups within it -companies and other legally defined non-governmental entitles -civil society organizations (clubs, religious institutions, associations, etc)
What is the focus for governance? focus is on how decisions are taken and carried out/implemented -use of inherent authorities and capacities -ground rules can range from formal & explicit (constitutions and legislation) to informal and implicit (norms of social groupings)
What are the 3 assessment criteria of the Audit: Cross? Participation, Inclusiveness, and responsivness
What is participation in CROSS? The meaningful opportunities for participation in decison making
Inclusivness The inclusion of all communities
What is responsiveness? democratic outcomes are responsive to inclusiveness
What institutions define decision making in Canada? Federalism, cabinets and first ministers and legislatures
What do the institutions that define decision making in Canada do? They organize the governing structures within which public policy outcomes are determined. -they shape
What is the first past the post system? When the candidate wins by receiving more votes than any others (winner takes all)
what is a representative democracy? A democracy that allows people to vote for a representative candidate at different levels of government; federal, provincial, territorial and municipal.
How is a representative democracy important to Canada? - It allows the electoral population to be represented more accurately. The bigger the population, the harder it is to lead and govern it. Representative democracy allows the representation of an area to be more accurate.
What is government? The actual/formal institutions of the state and their monopoly of legitimate coercive power. characterized by decision making abilities and capacity to enforce them. Maintain public order and facilitate collective action
What is the state? Expression of national sovereignty.
What is sovereignty? Supreme authority of nations to rule/govern themselves
authority in a sovereign state extends to..? Physical borders and population (citizens and residents)
What does a state entail? sovereignty, governing physical borders and the population (citizens and residents) as well as autonomy from equal standing with other states in international level.
What is the single member plurality system also known as? First past the post
What are the 3 branches of government? legislative- making laws and choosing the executive (made up of queen, house of commons and senate) executive-implementing laws (made up of queen, PM and cabinet) judicial- the use and administration of laws in the court of justice (judges as public officers)
Monarchy is ruled by one person
democracy is ruling of the people
aristocracy is ruled by nobles
oligarchy is ruled by few rulers
dictatorship is a person or a group rules with supremacy (absolute power)
theocracy ruled by gods or religion
What is a liberal democracy? constitution with written and conventional features; charter of rights and freedoms federalism; divided parliament with high autonomy for provinces constitutional monarchy; embodiment of queen for state
liberal democracy is: form of democracy which allows for fair, free, competitive elections with more than one party, as well as separation between the branches of government(federalism), united under a constitution. Significance is it's supposed to give individuals civil and personal liberties, and civil and federal freedoms.
liberalism political philosophy based on liberty and equality (of individual rights and freedoms)
what are the central institutions of Canadian government? Cabinets and first Minsiters
what happened in 1931 britain claimed no authority over canada
what are the components of the written constitution in Canada? charter(1982), BNA act (1867) along with small amendments
the 3 essential components of the Canadian constitution are: -constitutional conventions -judicial interpretation -written constitutions
what is direct democracy? system where all citizens take decisions as opposed to having a representative to take decisions on their behalf (they use referendums or consensus)
what does the house of commons do? elected, representation by population
what does senate do? Sober second thought before passing a bill
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