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Irresponsible government : the decline of parliamentary democracy in Canada / Brent Rathgeber ; foreword by Andrew Coyne.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Rathgeber, Brent, 1964- author.
- Coyne, Andrew, author of afterword, colophon, etc.
- Series:
- Point of view (Dundurn Press)
- Point of view
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Canada. Parliament--Powers and duties.
- Canada.
- Executive-legislative relations--Canada.
- Executive-legislative relations.
- Representative government and representation--Canada.
- Representative government and representation.
- Canada--Politics and government--21st century.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (256 p.)
- Distribution:
- Beaconsfield, Quebec : Canadian Electronic Library, 2014.
- Place of Publication:
- Toronto [Ontario] : Dundurn Press, [2014]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Irresponsible GovernmentIrresponsible Government seeks methods through which we can begin to recalibrate and correct these power imbalances and restore electoral accountability.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- The Quest for Responsible Government: From the Magna Carta to Lord Durham
- Public Debt: A Runaway Train Wreck
- Federal-Provincial Cost Sharing: There Is Only One Taxpayer
- Parliament: A Broken Institution
- Cabinet: A Representative Not a Deliberative Body
- Party Discipline: You Are There to Support the Team
- The Prime Minister: The Americanization of Canadian Politics
- The Prime Minister's Office: The Gang That Doesn't Shoot Straight
- Political Parties: Power Is an End in Itself
- The Bureaucracy: Information Is Power
- Withholding the Power: Canada's Broken Access to Information Laws
- The Media: If It Bleeds, It Leads
- Judicial Review: A True Check on Government Power
- Responsible Government in Canada, 1848-2014
- Electoral Reform, Representative Recall, and Citizens' Initiatives
- Democratic Reform: The Opposition Mantra
- Conclusions: Where Do We Go From Here?.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- "Point of view"--Title page.
- "A J. Patrick Boyer Book"--Title page.
- ISBN:
- 9781459728370
- 1459728378
- 9781459728387
- 1459728386
- OCLC:
- 882718327
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