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Reforming parliamentary democracy /

The authors address issues of representation - the move to a proportional electoral system in New Zealand, the unsuccessful attempt to establish a domestic head of state in Australia, and the reform of the British House of Lords - and demonstrate that citizens increasingly want legislative instituti...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Seidle, F. Leslie (Editor ), Docherty, David C. (David Campbell), 1961- (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Montreal, Que. : McGill-Queen's University Press, ©2003.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Institutional change in a small democracy : New Zealand's experience of electoral reform / Jonathan Boston
  • Australian republic : act I / Cheryl Saunders
  • Solving the conundrum of second chamber reform in the United Kingdom / Lord Wakeham
  • Canada and the Aboriginal peoples : from dominion to condominium / Paul L.A.H. Chartrand
  • Mäori in governance : Parliament, statutory recognition, and the state sector / Mason Durie
  • Debating the reform of Canada's Parliament / Jennifer Smith.
  • Interdependence of governments in Canada / Stéphane Dion / UK's rolling program of devolution : slippery slope or safeguard of the union? / Robert Hazell
  • Designing Parliament for cooperative federalism : South Africa's National Council of Provinces / Christina Murray
  • Conclusion, Can Canada learn some lessons? / David C. Docherty.