Political accountability

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What is the second mechanism for political accountability in NZ?

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The second mechinism for political accountability in NZ is through the inquisitive bodies of select comitees.

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How do the inquisitive bodies hold the executive to account in NZ?

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The inquisitive bodies hold the executive to account in NZ by examining the actions of the executive and conducting technical reviews of the legislation passed by the executive through parliament, to make sure that it is held to account in NZ.

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What is one advantage of select committees as a method of holding the executive to account in NZ?

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In order to conduct performance reviews of the executives legislation, the inquisitive bodies have the ability to call upon certain witnesses who are both within the executive and outside the executive which can result in unbiased performance reviews of the executive, leading to effective accountability of the executive in NZ.  

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What is one disadvantage of select committees as a method of holding the executive to account in NZ?

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Because select committees are most effective when the issues presented to them are non-political and least effective when the issues are political, this means that a lot of the decions of the executive that are of a political nature, and that can negativley impact citizens, cannot be effectively held to account by the inquisitive bodies.

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True or false: The inquisitive bodies are mostly engaged with the examinations of bills rather than performance reviews of the executive?

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True.

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How can this counterargument against the effectiveness of political accountability, be counteracted?

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This counter argument can be counteracted by the regulations review committee.

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Why is this?

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This is because the regulations review committees can both identify a problem with legislation and (usually) solve it informally, and hold the executive to account for its political decisions, unlike select committee's.