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Blame games are distinct political events that protrude from routine political processes. This book develops a theoretical framework for explaining blame game interactions and their consequences.
- Markus Hinterleitner
- 2020
Nov 5, 2021 · Sexual shenanigans, financial fiddles or ethics violations by an MP or peer can all be roped into the category of "sleaze", often leaving them fighting for political survival.
- The Queen, Politics and Secrecy
- New Documents Discovered
- Queen’s Consent
- Acting on Ministerial Advice … and Influencing That Advice
- Differing Understandings of The Queen’s Role
- Relevance to Australia and New Zealand
- The Queen’s Magic
There is a myth the queen never involves herselfin political matters. In public view, all she does is act on ministerial advice, signing her name or initials where required. But she has always done more than this. She exercises extensive soft power by influencing government policy and bills before they are introduced to parliament. Her power is exe...
But The Guardian has managed to exposea chink in this armour of secrecy. In the UK’s National Archives, it discovered documents from 1973 showing the queen’s personal solicitor lobbied public servants to change a proposed law so that it would not allow companies, or the public, to learn of the queen’s shareholdings in Britain. The gambit succeeded,...
The procedure involved is known as “queen’s consent”. This is different from “royal assent,” which occurs after a bill has been passed by both houses of parliament. “Queen’s consent” happens at a much earlier stage, usually well before a bill is introduced to parliament. Queen’s consent is required where a bill would affect the governmental powers ...
The palace has consistently statedthe queen acts on ministerial advice in granting or refusing queen’s consent. While this may be so, there would be no point in her paying for advice from her personal solicitors, unless she intended to exercise her soft power to persuade the government to make changes to a bill when it suited her to do so. One woul...
In 2014, a British parliamentary committee concludedit had This goes to show how effective the secrecy provisions have been in keeping the public and backbench politicians in the dark about how the constitutional system actually works. Yet ministers seem to know better. Read more: Coronavirus: how Europe's monarchs stepped up as their nations faced...
While the queen has little involvement anymore in Australian affairs, occasionally legislation is passed that will affect her. In such cases, the palace insists consent must first be granted, even though there is no formal parliamentary procedure, as in the UK. One example was the 1986 passage of the Australia Acts, which were identical British and...
In practice, the queen’s role in relation to her realms, such as Australia and New Zealand, largely now involves the appointment and removal of the governor-general and other ceremonial or symbolic acts. In performing these, she acts on ministerial advice. But she maintains a degree of control through a system that requires “informal” advice be giv...
- Anarchy. Anarchism is a form of non-government that subverts the institution of “state” and emerges from a skepticism of authority. With historical ties to both anti-capitalism and socialism, as well as to the early labor rights movements, anarchism calls for the dismantling of state authority in favor of rule by the people.
- Aristocracy. Aristocracy is a form of government where rulership is performed by a small, privileged class. Ancient Greece gives us both the word aristocracy (“Aristos=excellent; krato=power) as well as the concept itself.
- Bureaucracy. Bureaucracy is a form of government where non-elected government officials carry out public responsibilities as dictated by administrative policy-making groups.
- Capitalism. Capitalism refers to a form of economy driven by private ownership, production and profit. Capitalism promotes the idea of open competition and proceeds from the perspective that a free market economy—one with limited regulatory control—is the most efficient for economic organization.
Jan 20, 2022 · A whip is an MP who, as part of a team, is responsible for other MPs attending Parliament and voting along party lines. There are whips in the Commons and the Lords. Whips traditionally don't ...
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California’s Fair Political Practices Commission (FPPC), created by the Political Reform Act of 1974, lists five categories of financial interest that would disqualify a public official from participating in a government decision.
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Feb 19, 2020 · Women are underrepresented in political offices almost everywhere across the globe. Figure 1 illustrates this on the basis of the share of women in national parliaments in 2019. On average, women only make up 23% of national parliamentarians. Similar levels of underrepresentation can be observed at subnational tiers of government as well. A ...
