Arthur Weasley/Wizarding government

[Charmian]

No: HPFGUIDX 10685

--- In HPforGrownups at egroups.com, Dave Hardenbrook <DaveH47 at m...> 
wrote:
> At 03:25 AM 1/24/01 +0000, Mike Schubert wrote:
> >What do you
> >think he would be equated to in, say, U.S. politics? A major 
cabinet
> >member? The head of a more minor Dept.? Just an interesting 
question.
> 
> Oh, I'd say probably equivalent to Secretary of Housing and Urban
> Development.   ("Where they slide the food under the door"  -- Mark 
Russell)
> 
>

I would guess it's very hard to do equating, because in Britain they 
have a cabinet style, parliamentary democracy, rather than the system 
in America where the executive and legislative are more separate, 
even though in both of them cabinet posts are appointative positions 
that change with political administrations, wheras Arthur appears to 
be a rather high ranking civil servant, who's influential, but has 
been there for years. It seems that for wizards, there is only one 
ministry, thus making Fudge kind of like the prime minister, although 
we don't know the precise relationship the wizarding world has with 
Parliament. I mean, are there elections in the wizarding world? Are 
there political parties? MPs? What's the judicial system like? Just 
how did Fudge get made (and who made him) Minister of Magic? Somebody 
with more knowledge of the mechanics of the British political system, 
help me make up some kind of better explanation here. :) 

Charmian