I thought you might like an example of "someone worse off than you". Here are my questions that I have to answer, for your mocking pleasure.
Discuss the view that Cabinet is the engine room of policy making.
Consider Weller’s Six major roles of Cabinet:
Six major roles of Cabinet:
1. Cabinet as a clearing house: ratification of work done by committees 2. Cabinet as a forum for information exchange 3. Cabinet as arbiter – resolves tensions that arise over resources and priorities 4. Cabinet as political decision maker – assessing electoral consequences of policy options 5. Cabinet as coordinator – of policies which involve input from several departments 6. Cabinet as guardian of the strategy – going beyond the departmental view to a broader “whole of government” view of direction of policy.
(Weller, 1990 cited in Bridgman and Davis, 1998: 10).
Can Parliament ever exercise a role in policy making against the wishes of the executive?
And because that's too easy, they decided to make sure all the readings related to none of these questions at all. *facedesk*
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Date: 2006-08-08 08:43 am (UTC)Discuss the view that Cabinet is the engine room of policy making.
Consider Weller’s Six major roles of Cabinet:
Six major roles of Cabinet:
1. Cabinet as a clearing house: ratification of work done by committees
2. Cabinet as a forum for information exchange
3. Cabinet as arbiter – resolves tensions that arise over resources and priorities
4. Cabinet as political decision maker – assessing electoral consequences of policy options
5. Cabinet as coordinator – of policies which involve input from several departments
6. Cabinet as guardian of the strategy – going beyond the departmental view to a broader “whole of government” view of direction of policy.
(Weller, 1990 cited in Bridgman and Davis, 1998: 10).
Can Parliament ever exercise a role in policy making against the wishes of the executive?
And because that's too easy, they decided to make sure all the readings related to none of these questions at all. *facedesk*