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public administration 1st year uni
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- 1What is governance?term applied to many diff institutions
- 2What 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) - 3What 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) - 4What are the 3 assessment criteria of the Audit: Cross?Participation, Inclusiveness, and responsivness
- 5What is participation in CROSS?The meaningful opportunities for participation in decison making
- 6InclusivnessThe inclusion of all communities
- 7What is responsiveness?democratic outcomes are responsive to inclusiveness
- 8What institutions define decision making in Canada?Federalism, cabinets and first ministers and legislatures
- 9What do the institutions that define decision making in Canada do?They organize the governing structures within which public policy outcomes are determined.
-they shape - 10What is the first past the post system?When the candidate wins by receiving more votes than any others
(winner takes all) - 11what 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.
- 12How 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.
- 13What 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
- 14What is the state?Expression of national sovereignty.
- 15What is sovereignty?Supreme authority of nations to rule/govern themselves
- 16authority in a sovereign state extends to..?Physical borders and population (citizens and residents)
- 17What 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.
- 18What is the single member plurality system also known as?First past the post
- 19What 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) - 20Monarchy isruled by one person
- 21democracy isruling of the people
- 22aristocracy isruled by nobles
- 23oligarchy isruled by few rulers
- 24dictatorship isa person or a group rules with supremacy (absolute power)
- 25theocracyruled by gods or religion
- 26What 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 - 27liberal 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.
- 28liberalismpolitical philosophy based on liberty and equality (of individual rights and freedoms)
- 29what are the central institutions of Canadian government?Cabinets and first Minsiters
- 30what happened in 1931britain claimed no authority over canada
- 31what are the components of the written constitution in Canada?charter(1982), BNA act (1867) along with small amendments
- 32the 3 essential components of the Canadian constitution are:-constitutional conventions
-judicial interpretation
-written constitutions - 33what 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)
- 34what does the house of commons do?elected, representation by population
- 35what does senate do?Sober second thought before passing a bill
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