In the Usa the Executive Dominates Foreign Policy but Is Powerless on the Domestic Front. in the Uk, the Executive Dominates Everything” Explain and Discuss.

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Practice of liberal democracy ------------------------------------------------- “In the USA the executive dominates foreign policy but is powerless on the domestic front. In the UK, the executive dominates everything” Explain and discuss. The executive branch of any government is generally seen as the most important and dominant branch in most existing societies, the USA and the UK included. The executives take important decisions, represent the nation on a global scale and are responsible for the legislative process. However the executive power can and has to be constrained to ensure a more democratic system of governance. It could be argued that in the US the executive has limited power on the domestic front whereas the UK executive is less constrained and appears to have significant power in most areas of political life. It is perhaps useful to start with saying what executive branches are made of in both liberal democracies that are being examined. In the UK the core executive includes the Prime Minister, the Cabinet and its committees, the Prime Minister’s office and the Cabinet Office. In the US the executive branch is associated with the President, the Vice President, Executive Departments, and Agencies. In both the UK and the US the executive is by far the most popular branch of the government, being constantly in the media’s spotlight. However it seems to be an overstatement to suggest that in the UK the executive dominates everything, it could be argued that it dominates most political areas and that it has sufficiently more power than the US executive. There are multiple reasons for why this is the case. The constitutional status of the executives is a crucial factor. In the US the President is significantly constrained by constitution. According to Robert Singh “the presidency was never intended by the Founding Fathers to occupy the central and

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