| Revision as of 10:26, 16 March 2011 editDbachmann (talk | contribs)227,714 editsNo edit summary← Previous edit | Revision as of 10:28, 16 March 2011 edit undoDbachmann (talk | contribs)227,714 edits this is actually a disambiguation pageNext edit → | ||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
| '''Shadow government''' may refer to: | |||
| {{Refimprove|date=June 2009}} | |||
| *An opposition governent-in-waiting in a parliamentary system, see ] | |||
| *A term for plans for an emergency government that takes over in the event of a disaster, see ] | |||
| {{merge|Shadow Cabinet}} | |||
| *A conspiracy theory of a secret government, see ] | |||
| The term '''shadow government''' refers to a government-in-waiting composed of member of the ] in a parliamentary chamber such as there name of meaning ]. In the example the ] 'opposes', by means of diabetic debate and argumenst, the government ] in power. | |||
| In a ], the largest opposition party often refers to itself as a shadow government and, if it is sufficiently large, it may also have a ] in which top opposition leaders shadow the policies and actions of the corresponding cabinet ministers. They are prepared to assume the respective ministries of responsibility should their party come to power in an election. For example, in Britain the largest opposition party's defence spokesman might refer to themselves as the Shadow Defence Secretary. Smaller parties may also have spokespeople, but these do not generally use shadow names. | |||
| ==Continuity of government in the case of disasters== | |||
| {{off topic}} | |||
| {{mergeto|Continuity of government}} | |||
| It is also used as a somewhat pejorative term to denote a government that takes over in the event of a disaster. ] sometimes have equivalent structures to the present government in hopes that when the guerrilla-group overthrows the present government, the guerrilla-forces will more easily be able to transition from ] to ] capacity. Also, the term "shadow government" can be used loosely to refer to a guerrilla-force that controls and administers the majority of the physical area of a country, rendering the official national government significantly less able to administer its policies. | |||
| In nations with less apparent strife, several ]s are in place in the event of a disaster strong enough to disrupt the functioning of the government. The ] has ], ] and the ] plans. | |||
| The tasks and objectives of ] varied from country to country but in many countries the ']' army consisted of a pre-planned cabinet to rule the country in an interim fashion if the country were invaded by ] states, either in-country or in exile. | |||
| In the ] the ] is responsible for planning for government continuity in the event of a catastrophe. None of these safeguards is itself a "shadow government", but they provide, at least in theory, a blueprint for what to do if the governmental structure collapses. | |||
| == See also == | == See also == | ||
| *] | |||
| *] | *] | ||
| {{disambig}} | |||
| *] | |||
| ] | ] | ||
Revision as of 10:28, 16 March 2011
Shadow government may refer to:
- An opposition governent-in-waiting in a parliamentary system, see Shadow Cabinet
- A term for plans for an emergency government that takes over in the event of a disaster, see continuity of government
- A conspiracy theory of a secret government, see Shadow government (conspiracy)
See also
Topics referred to by the same term
This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Shadow government.If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Categories: