Concept information
Preferred term
executive branch
Definition
- Under the federal political system, the branch of government responsible for implementing, or executing, the law. To compare, the legislature does not implement but makes the law, which the executive branch enforces. [Source: The SAGE Glossary of the Social and Behavioral Sciences; Executive Branch]
Broader concept
Narrower concepts
- cabinet (government)
- Department of Agriculture
- Department of Commerce
- Department of Defense
- Department of Energy
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Department of Homeland Security
- Department of Housing and Urban Development
- Department of Justice
- Department of Labor
- Department of State
- Department of the Interior
- Department of the Treasury
- Department of Transportation
- Department of Veterans Affairs
- executive departments
- first lady
- government agencies and corporations
- National Security Council
- Office of Management and Budget
- presidency and the bureaucracy
- presidential commissions
- secret services
- separation of powers
- the transition period
- United States Department of Education
- White House
Belongs to group
URI
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/executive_branch
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