Mandate - When a political party or decision-maker has the authority to make decisions or put policies in place.
Political party and the decision-maker are mandates, right?
Maybe mandate is a phenomenon when the decision-maker have full control.
mosja Political party and the decision-maker are mandates, right? No. For example the President of the United States has the authority to declare war against another country, but he needs a mandate (permission to execute a particular declaration in a particular war) from Congress.
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mosjaPolitical party and the decision-maker are mandates, right?
No.
For example the President of the United States has the authority to declare war against another country, but he needs a mandate (permission to execute a particular declaration in a particular war) from Congress. This limitation on his authority was in the War Po
Let me try to explain using a simple example.
Party X tells the voters 'If you elect us, we will eg raise taxes'.
Party X wins the election easily, and gets a huge number of votes. This means that most of the country wants party X to raise taxes. We say that Party X has a strong mandate to raise taxes.
Now consider this example.
Party X tells the voters 'If you e