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Parliamentary democracy : is there a perfect model? / Nicholas Hopkinson.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hopkinson, Nicholas.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Democracy--Congresses.
- Democracy.
- Representative government and representation--Congresses.
- Representative government and representation.
- Democracy--Case studies--Congresses.
- Genre:
- Case studies.
- Conference papers and proceedings.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 127 pages ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Aldershot, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, [2001]
- Contents:
- 1 Democracy and Good Government 1
- What is Democracy? 1
- What is Good Government? 3
- Multi-party Democracy 4
- Independence of Public Servants 5
- Efficient Public Administration 6
- The Military 9
- Creating an Enabling Environment for Economic Development 10
- Media Freedom 15
- 2 To What Extent Should Cultural Values and the National Context Determine Democratic Practice? 19
- 3 Adapting Democracy to National Circumstances 23
- Federalism 23
- Local Government 30
- Which Electoral System? 31
- Alternative Electoral Systems in Small States 33
- 4 Free and Fair Elections 37
- Ensuring a Representative Electoral Roll 38
- The Role of Boundary Commissions 40
- Voter Education 43
- Access to the Media 43
- 5 Representation, Political Parties and Direct Democracy 45
- Models of Political Representation 45
- Building Representative and Effective Political Parties 48
- Financing Political Parties 51
- Direct Democracy 52
- 6 Ensuring Parliamentarians are Representative 57
- Selection of Candidates and Members 57
- Gender 59
- 7 Improving the Effectiveness of Parliament 63
- The Balance between Parliament and the Executive 64
- Pros and Cons of Parliamentary and Presidential Government 66
- Parliamentary Committees 68
- Improving the Quality of Legislation 71
- The Role of Presiding Officers 73
- Rules on the Outside Interests of Parliamentarians 78
- The Role of Parliamentary Associations 82
- 8 Is There a Correlation between Democracy and Development? 85
- The United States 87
- Europe 91
- Switzerland 92
- The European Union 93
- Central Europe 98
- Small Commonwealth States 99
- The Caribbean 100
- Singapore 103
- Large Commonwealth States 104
- Australia 104
- India 105
- South Africa 107
- Alternatives to Multi-party Democracy 109
- Uganda 109
- Guernsey 113.
- Notes:
- "Commonwealth Parliamentary Association."
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 0754622134
- OCLC:
- 45667853
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