Depoliticisation

Question 1

Politicised governance

Factors

Answer 1

• direct controls over production, exchange and consumption
• treasury had formal control over the interest rate
• Centralisation of policy making trade unions directly involved in decision making
• international co-operation rather than integration

Question 2

Depoliticised governance

Answer 2

Offload responsibility to technocratic institutions - establish credibility in financial markets and alter expectations.

• re assignment of tasks away from the party in power
• increase in accountability, transparency and external validation
• binding rules - limiting government room for manoeuvre

Question 3

Politicised governance

Answer 3

Government public accept responsibility over managing the economy

Question 4

Depoliticised governance definition

Answer 4

Occurs where politicians relinquish policy control over certain issues by delegating the day to day responsibility to non political institutions