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Author | : F. Leslie Seidle |
Publisher | : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP |
Total Pages | : 260 |
Release | : 2003 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 9780773525085 |
Insightful analyses of recent reforms to parliamentary institutions and governance in Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa. Parliamentary government combines stability and dynamism. Its continuity is rooted in enduring principles such as citizen representation and accountability to the legislature. But parliamentary systems have evolved in response to changes in the societies they govern and in citizens' views about democratic practices. In Reforming Parliamentary Democracy the authors demonstrate how, in their respective countries, parliamentary governments have combined stability with the capacity to adapt to such changes. They provide insightful analyses of recent reforms to parliamentary institutions and governance in Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa.
Author | : Jeremy Bentham |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 178 |
Release | : 1977 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Donald L Robinson |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 281 |
Release | : 2019-09-16 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 1000309355 |
Government deficits, the spiraling imbalance of trade, inconsistencies in foreign policy, illegal immigration, unemployment, the decay of our cities, the abuse of the environment, the staggering cost of elections, and the piracy of special interest groups—these problems and a host of others have led thoughtful citizens to question whether our polit
Author | : Camille Bedock |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 344 |
Release | : 2017-05-12 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 0191085073 |
When, why, and how are democratic institutions reformed? This is the broad question guiding this research, rooted in a context of crises of representative democracy. Core democratic rules can be understood as the formal political rules regulating the direct relationship between elites within the political system, parties, and citizens. They are therefore the cornerstone of the functioning of any political system. This book deals with the context, the motives, and the mechanisms explaining the incidence of institutional engineering in consolidated European democracies between 1990 and 2015. It is centred on the choice of political elites to use - or not to use - institutional engineering as a response to the challenges they face. This study provides both a better empirical understanding of the world of democratic reforms in consolidated democracies, thanks to a new data-set covering six dimensions of reform in 18 European countries. Secondly, the book provides evidence about the link between the lack of political support and democratic reforms, and the role of electoral shifts in fostering reforms. Thirdly, this research shows that the final outcome of a given reform depends on the type of reform at stake and on the process used during the phase of discussion of the reform, though case studies in Ireland, France and Italy. Ultimately, the book demonstrates that contrary to what has been commonly assumed, reforms of the core democratic rules are frequent and constitute in most cases an answer of challenged political elites to the erosion of political support and electoral change. Comparative Politics is a series for researchers, teachers, and students of political science that deals with contemporary government and politics. Global in scope, books in the series are characterised by a stress on comparative analysis and strong methodological rigour. The series is published in association with the European Consortium for Political Research. For more information visit: www.ecprnet.eu. The series is edited by Emilie van Haute, Professor of Political Science, Université libre de Bruxelles; Ferdinand Müller-Rommel, Director of the Center for the Study of Democracy, Leuphana University; and Susan Scarrow, Chair of the Department of Political Science, University of Houston.
Author | : Roger D. Congleton |
Publisher | : Springer Science & Business Media |
Total Pages | : 258 |
Release | : 2012-12-06 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 146150421X |
Do constitutions matter? Are constitutions simply symbols of the political times at which they were adopted, or do they systematically affect the course of public policy? Are the policy crises of failing democracies the result of bad luck or of fundamental problems associated with the major and minor constitutional reforms adopted during their recent histories? The purpose of the present study is to address these questions using a blend of theory, history, and statistical analysis. The Swedish experience provides a nearly perfect laboratory in which to study the effects of constitutional reform. During the past 200 years, Swedish governance has shifted from a king-dominated system with an unelected four-chamber parliament to a bicameral legislature elected with wealth-weighted voting in 1866, and then to a new electoral system based on proportional representation and universal suffrage in 1920, and finally to a unicameral parliamentary system in 1970. All these radical reorganizations of Swedish governance were accomplished peacefully using formal amendment procedures established by previous constitutions. By focusing on constitutional issues rather than Sweden's political history, this book extends our understanding of constitutional reform and parliamentary democracy in general.
Author | : John Stuart Mill |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 72 |
Release | : 1859 |
Genre | : Representative government and representation |
ISBN | : |
An argument advocating universal suffrage with plurality of voting based on education; proposing representation in government of minorities; and condemning the secret ballot.
Author | : Thomas König |
Publisher | : Springer Science & Business Media |
Total Pages | : 282 |
Release | : 2010-08-17 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 1441958096 |
George Tsebelis’ veto players approach has become a prominent theory to analyze various research questions in political science. Studies that apply veto player theory deal with the impact of institutions and partisan preferences of legislative activity and policy outcomes. It is used to measure the degree of policy change and, thus, reform capacity in national and international political systems. This volume contains the analysis of leading scholars in the field on these topics and more recent developments regarding theoretical and empirical progress in the area of political reform-making. The contributions come from research areas of political science where veto player theory plays a significant role, including, positive political theory, legislative behavior and legislative decision-making in national and supra-national political systems, policy making and government formation. The contributors to this book add to the current scholarly and public debate on the role of veto players, making it of interest to scholars in political science and policy studies as well as policymakers worldwide.
Author | : Douglas Chalmers |
Publisher | : Columbia University Press |
Total Pages | : 192 |
Release | : 2013-01-15 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 0231162944 |
A noted political scientist revises our understanding of the institutions essential for representative democracy.
Author | : J. B. Conacher |
Publisher | : New York : Wiley |
Total Pages | : 216 |
Release | : 1971 |
Genre | : Law |
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Author | : Jeremy Mitchell |
Publisher | : Institute for Public Policy Research |
Total Pages | : 92 |
Release | : 1993 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 9781872452654 |