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Provincial Executives

Provincial Executives. January 28, 2013. Policy, Administration and Executive Government. Organization of execuive has consequences for policy E.g. is power diffused or centralized? A ffects interest groups A ffects civil servants Affects backbenchers. Factors Affecting Structure.

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Provincial Executives

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  1. Provincial Executives January 28, 2013

  2. Policy, Administration and Executive Government • Organization of execuive has consequences for policy • E.g. is power diffused or centralized? • Affects interest groups • Affects civil servants • Affects backbenchers

  3. Factors Affecting Structure • Desire of political leaders to diffuse or centralize power • Communication aims of government • Scope of government activity • Workload and division of labour • Ideology

  4. Federal-Provincial Similarities • Powers of First Minister • Cabinet Formation • Ministerial responsibility • Collective responsibility

  5. Federal-Provincial Differences • Size as control mechanism • Integration of caucus and Cabinet • Types of Ministers

  6. Characterizing Provincial Cabinets • Traditional • Unaided • Institutionalized • Premier-centred

  7. Bureaucracy • Departments and Central Agencies • Why Central Agencies? • Planning and coordination • Big-picture advice • Strategic and tactical political advice • Fiscal management • (sometimes) Intergovernmental affairs

  8. Bureaucracy (continued) • Department structure • Organization chart • Line functions • Staff functions • Economizing?

  9. Public Service Unionization • Widespread across provinces • Higher union density than private sector • Right to strike • Government as monopoly employer • Government and back-to-work legislation • Arbitration and “essential” workers

  10. Broader Public Sector • Definition • Relations to government • Labour relations • Reliance on funding • Degree of government leverage on sector

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