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The Executive Branch (Responsiveness (Westminster system is characterized…

- - - - more minority governments?
- - - - measured by participation of reps of public (interest groups) --> not typically part of cabinet deliberations
        
        marginal broadening of participation by public
    - - The 1st Minister is an Autocrat?
        
        Centralization theory - cabnet is a focus group for the PM
        
        White's argument
        
        No, due to constitutionall limits on their power, overload of problems and political considerations
        
        Chrétien: centralization is the result of a misunderstanding f the need for extensive coordination in the political machine
      - Participation in meetings of Cabinet/cabinet meetings - vetting or approving cabinet decisions by the governent caucus
        
        Variation in the formality of this role though no Caucus has veto power
        
        Caucus procedure is variable from term to term due to the influence of the 1st Minister