Comparative studies examine the constitutional design and actual operation of governments in Argentina, Australia, Austria, Canada, Germany, India, Nigeria, Russia, South Africa, Switzerland, and the United States. Contributors analyze the structures and workings of legislative, executive, and judicial institutions in each sphere of government. They also explore how the federal nature of the polity affects those institutions and how the institutions in turn affect federalism. The book concludes with reflections on possible future trends.
**This is the chapter slice "Three Branches of the Federal Government" from the full lesson plan "Canadian Government"** Everything you needed to know about the Canadian government and the electoral process. Your students will learn what is a government and why do we need it. Using ready-to-use information and activities for remedial students we have also clearly outlined the levels of power, the stake holders, and the Senate, the House of Commons, the Supreme Courts, Citizenship and the Constitution. Learn exactly what are the Prime Minister’s roles as well as other key members of the Canadian Government. Written to grade, these social studies concepts are presented in a way that makes them more accessible to students and easier to understand. We have loaded this resource with reading passages, student activities and color mini posters, Crossword, Word Search and Comprehension Quiz. All of our content meets the Common Core State Standards and are written to Bloom's Taxonomy.
"Canada's prime minister is a dictator." "The Sun King of Canadian government." "More powerful than any other chief executive of any other democratic country." These kinds of claims are frequently made about Canada's leader – especially when the prime minister's party holds a majority government in Parliament. But is there any truth to these arguments? At the Centre of Government not only presents a comprehensively researched work on the structure of political power in Canada but also offers a first-hand view of the inner workings of the Canadian federal government. Ian Brodie – former chief of staff to Prime Minister Stephen Harper and former executive director of the Conservative Party of Canada – argues that the various workings of the Prime Minister's Office, the Privy Council Office, the cabinet, parliamentary committees, and the role of backbench members of Parliament undermine propositions that the prime minister has evolved into the role of an autocrat, with unchecked control over the levers of political power. He corrects the dominant thinking that Canadian prime ministers hold power without limits over their party, caucus, cabinet, Parliament, the public service, and the policy agenda. Citing examples from his time in government and from Canadian political history he argues that in Canada's evolving political system, with its roots in the pre-Confederation era, there are effective checks on executive power, and that the golden age of Parliament and the backbencher is likely now. Drawing on a vast body of work on governance and the role of the executive branch of government, At the Centre of Government is a fact-based primer on the workings of Canadian government and sobering second thoughts about many proposals for reform.
**This is the chapter slice "Divisions of Each Branch of Government" from the full lesson plan "Canadian Government"** Everything you needed to know about the Canadian government and the electoral process. Your students will learn what is a government and why do we need it. Using ready-to-use information and activities for remedial students we have also clearly outlined the levels of power, the stake holders, and the Senate, the House of Commons, the Supreme Courts, Citizenship and the Constitution. Learn exactly what are the Prime Minister’s roles as well as other key members of the Canadian Government. Written to grade, these social studies concepts are presented in a way that makes them more accessible to students and easier to understand. We have loaded this resource with reading passages, student activities and color mini posters, Crossword, Word Search and Comprehension Quiz. All of our content meets the Common Core State Standards and are written to Bloom's Taxonomy.
Explores Canada's parliamentary system, from the decisions made by the Fathers of Confederation, to the daily work of parliamentarians in the Senate and House of Commons. Useful information on Canada's constitution, the judicial system, and provincial and municipal powers is also gathered together in this one reference book.
**This is the chapter slice "Three Branches of the Federal Government Gr. 5-8" from the full lesson plan "American Government"** Break down the complicated system that is the American government to discover how it all works. Our resource explores the legislative, executive and judicial branches of the federal government to make it easier to understand. Learn what a government is, its roles, and why we need it. Recognize that there are several different kinds of government, like constitutional monarchy, dictatorship and representative democracy. Determine which kind of government embodies the United States. Find out the purpose of the Constitution and what rights citizens have within their government. Make a list of the main ideas for each of the amendments to the Bill of Rights. Move through the systems of government to discover how a bill becomes a law. Become the president and solve three problems your country is having. Aligned to your State Standards and written to Bloom's Taxonomy, additional writing tasks, crossword, word search, comprehension quiz and answer key are also included.
