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Author : Tony Benn
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 45 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (118 download)
Download or read book The Speaker, the Commons and Democracy written by Tony Benn and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 45 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Hannah White
Publisher : Manchester University Press
ISBN 13 : 1526156687
Total Pages : 98 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (261 download)
Download or read book Held in contempt written by Hannah White and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 2022-04-19 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The House of Commons is increasingly held in contempt by the British public. From attending parties during the Covid-19 lockdown to taking payment for lobbying, MPs undermine their credibility by acting as if the rules they set for others should not apply to them. Still far from representative of the country they govern from the ancient and crumbling Palace of Westminster, MPs appear detached from the lives led by their constituents – conducting their business according to rules and procedures that have become too complex for many of them to understand. In this timely book, Hannah White offers a perceptive critique of the shortcomings of the House of Commons, arguing that the reputation of the Commons is in a downward spiral - compounded by government attempts to side-line parliament during Brexit and the coronavirus pandemic. At a time of populist challenge to representative democracy, this book is an essential rallying cry for MPs to reform the House of Commons – equipping it to fulfil its important role as a cornerstone of our democracy – or see it fade into irrelevance.
Author : Teachers Institute on Canadian Parliamentary Democracy
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (823 download)
Download or read book House of Commons Speaker's Address written by Teachers Institute on Canadian Parliamentary Democracy and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Philip Laundy
Publisher : London : Quiller
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book The Office of Speaker in the Parliaments of the Commonwealth written by Philip Laundy and published by London : Quiller. This book was released on 1984 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Philip Laundy, Clerk Assitant of the Canadian Houe of Commons, has written a book on the Speakership in the Parliaments of the Commonwealth which is not far short of encyclopaedic in its scope. He is the author of an earlier work entitled The Office Speaker and joint author of An Encyclopaedia of Parliament and has thus devoted many years to the study of Parliament and its institutions. The present book, while drawing on some of the material contained in its predecessor, is substantially a new work which breaks a great deal of fresh ground. It deals with the Speakership in some forty Commonwealth countries and its a tribute to parliamentary democracy and the influence of British parliamentary practices. At the same time it highlights how very differently the system of some countries have evolved from the traditions associated with Great Britain. In Canada the widely supported movement towards the political independence of the Speakership has yet to become an established practice. In India there exists a similar consciousness of the desirability of an independent Speakership but practical obstacles have remained in the way of its attainment. In Australia the office is heavily dependent on the party in power and this seems unlikely to change. In New Zealand, although the Parliament adheres closely to Westminster practices, the Speaker is nevertheless likely to change with a change of government. There are countries elsewhere in the Commonwealth where the Speaker is not necessarily an elected member of Parliament. In most African Parliaments the Speakership is inseparable from the ruling party and loyalty to the party, particularly in one-party states, is a sine qua non. But throughout the book the author stresses the similarities which link the office Speaker in the far-flung countries of the Commonwealth to its British counterpart. The history of the Speakership from its earliest origins is compressed into a single chapter and a second chapter is devoted to an analysis of the British Speakership in the twentieth century. He has considered the nature and duties of the modern Speakership, the prestige and continuity of the office, problems surrounding the selection of the candidate, the Speaker's responsibilities relating to procedure, privilege, and the maintenance of discipline, and his statutory duties. Parliamentarians, historians and students of government throughout the Commonwealth will find this book a mine of information concerning the Speakership and a comparative source of reference which is as complete, accurate and up-to-date as the author has been able to make. Enlivened with a wealth of anecdotes, it is a highly readable account of a great historic office.
Author : David Beetham
Publisher : Inter-Parliamentary Union
ISBN 13 : 9291423661
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (914 download)
Download or read book Parliament and Democracy in the Twenty-first Century written by David Beetham and published by Inter-Parliamentary Union. This book was released on 2006 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Steven Vogel
Publisher : MIT Press
ISBN 13 : 0262529718
Total Pages : 295 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (625 download)
Download or read book Thinking like a Mall written by Steven Vogel and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2016-09-02 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A provocative argument that environmental thinking would be better off if it dropped the concept of “nature” altogether and spoke instead of the built environment. Environmentalism, in theory and practice, is concerned with protecting nature. But if we have now reached “the end of nature,” as Bill McKibben and other environmental thinkers have declared, what is there left to protect? In Thinking like a Mall, Steven Vogel argues that environmental thinking would be better off if it dropped the concept of “nature” altogether and spoke instead of the “environment”—that is, the world that actually surrounds us, which is always a built world, the only one that we inhabit. We need to think not so much like a mountain (as Aldo Leopold urged) as like a mall. Shopping malls, too, are part of the environment and deserve as much serious consideration from environmental thinkers as do mountains. Vogel argues provocatively that environmental philosophy, in its ethics, should no longer draw a distinction between the natural and the artificial and, in its politics, should abandon the idea that something beyond human practices (such as “nature”) can serve as a standard determining what those practices ought to be. The appeal to nature distinct from the built environment, he contends, may be not merely unhelpful to environmental thinking but in itself harmful to that thinking. The question for environmental philosophy is not “how can we save nature?” but rather “what environment should we inhabit, and what practices should we engage in to help build it?”
Author : Patrick Dunleavy
Publisher : LSE Press
ISBN 13 : 1909890464
Total Pages : 521 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (98 download)
Download or read book The UK's Changing Democracy written by Patrick Dunleavy and published by LSE Press. This book was released on 2018-11-01 with total page 521 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The UK’s Changing Democracy presents a uniquely democratic perspective on all aspects of UK politics, at the centre in Westminster and Whitehall, and in all the devolved nations. The 2016 referendum vote to leave the EU marked a turning point in the UK’s political system. In the previous two decades, the country had undergone a series of democratic reforms, during which it seemed to evolve into a more typical European liberal democracy. The establishment of a Supreme Court, adoption of the Human Rights Act, Scottish, Welsh and Northern Irish devolution, proportional electoral systems, executive mayors and the growth in multi-party competition all marked profound changes to the British political tradition. Brexit may now bring some of these developments to a juddering halt. The UK’s previous ‘exceptionalism’ from European patterns looks certain to continue indefinitely. ‘Taking back control’ of regulations, trade, immigration and much more is the biggest change in UK governance for half a century. It has already produced enduring crises for the party system, Parliament and the core executive, with uniquely contested governance over critical issues, and a rapidly changing political landscape. Other recent trends are no less fast-moving, such as the revival of two-party dominance in England, the re-creation of some mass membership parties and the disruptive challenges of social media. In this context, an in-depth assessment of the quality of the UK’s democracy is essential. Each of the 2018 Democratic Audit’s 37 short chapters starts with clear criteria for what democracy requires in that part of the nation’s political life and outlines key recent developments before a SWOT analysis (of strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats) crystallises the current situation. A small number of core issues are then explored in more depth. Set against the global rise of debased semi-democracies, the book’s approach returns our focus firmly to the big issues around the quality and sustainability of the UK’s liberal democracy.
Author : Rob Walsh
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN 13 : 0773552243
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (735 download)
Download or read book On the House written by Rob Walsh and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 2017-10-30 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On a day-to-day basis, what does a newly elected Member of Parliament do? How does the House of Commons work? Drawing on his years of service to five majority and three minority parliaments, Rob Walsh shares first-hand insights into the inner workings of the House, beyond the political personalities that dominate its proceedings. Inside this unique public and political institution, laws are made, taxes are imposed, political issues are debated, and the government is held to account on behalf of all Canadians. The House is the national stage on which democracy plays itself out between elections. Neither a procedural manual nor an academic critique, On the House reveals, from Walsh’s perspective, the historical origins of the House, its constitutional place in the parliamentary system, the role of committees, legislation, and administration, and its democratic functions. Providing a deeper understanding of both the House’s successes and its failures Walsh celebrates the value of parliamentary democracy while acknowledging the continuing challenges that face it. On the House is a direct, accessible, and fascinating reflection on more than twenty years of experience in the House of Commons.
Author : Elinor Ostrom
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107569788
Total Pages : 297 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (75 download)
Download or read book Governing the Commons written by Elinor Ostrom and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2015-09-23 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tackles one of the most enduring and contentious issues of positive political economy: common pool resource management.
Author : Emma Crewe
Publisher : Haus Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1910376272
Total Pages : 54 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (13 download)
Download or read book Commons and Lords written by Emma Crewe and published by Haus Publishing. This book was released on 2015-05-15 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The British Parliament rewards close scrutiny not just for the sake of democracy, but also because the surprises it contains challenge our understanding of British politics. Commons and Lords pulls back the curtain on both the upper House of Lords and the lower House of Commons to examine their unexpected inner workings. Based on fieldwork within both Houses, this volume in the Haus Curiosities series provides a surprising twist in how relationships in each play out. The high social status of peers in the House of Lords gives the impression of hierarchy and, more specifically, patriarchy. In contrast, the House of Commons conjures impressions of equality and fairness between members. But actual observation reveals the opposite: while the House of Lords has an egalitarian and cooperative ethos that is also supportive of female members, the competitive and aggressive House of Commons is a far less comfortable place for women. Offering many surprises and secrets, this book exposes the sheer oddity of the British parliament system.
Author : Gregory Conti
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108428738
Total Pages : 433 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (84 download)
Download or read book Parliament the Mirror of the Nation written by Gregory Conti and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2019-04-25 with total page 433 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The notion of 'representative democracy' seems unquestionably familiar today, but how did the Victorians understand democracy, parliamentary representation, and diversity?
Author : Jill Long Thompson
Publisher : Indiana University Press
ISBN 13 : 0253050448
Total Pages : 164 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (53 download)
Download or read book The Character of American Democracy written by Jill Long Thompson and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2020-09-15 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "We live in an age that demonstrates the powerful need for ethics in government. Democracy is a privilege that carries with it important responsibilities for the people and their representatives. As we look back on this era and determine the future of this nation, Dr. Long Thompson's book will be a resource for Americans who are seeking ways to secure our democracy and our future as a nation." Congressman John Lewis, Georgia's 5th District. Ethical leadership, steeped in integrity and fairness, matters. The future of our nation and our world depends upon the quality of America's character. In this uncompromising, absorbing look at our government and society today, Jill Long Thompson persuasively argues that we all have a meaningful role to play in shaping America's character and future. The citizenry, as well as their elected officials, are responsible for protecting fairness of participation and integrity in elections, as well as in the adoption and execution of laws. In this troubling time when the public is losing trust and confidence in our government, Jill Long Thompson shows us a bipartisan way forward.
Author : Nathaniel Persily
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108835554
Total Pages : 365 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (88 download)
Download or read book Social Media and Democracy written by Nathaniel Persily and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2020-09-03 with total page 365 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A state-of-the-art account of what we know and do not know about the effects of digital technology on democracy.
Author : Canada. Parliament. House of Commons
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1216 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (7 download)
Download or read book House of Commons Procedure and Practice written by Canada. Parliament. House of Commons and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 1216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This reference book is primarily a procedural work which examines the many forms, customs, and practices which have been developed and established for the House of Commons since Confederation in 1867. It provides a distinctive Canadian perspective in describing procedure in the House up to the end of the first session of the 36th Parliament in Sept. 1999. The material is presented with full commentary on the historical circumstances which have shaped the current approach to parliamentary business. Key Speaker's rulings and statements are also documented and the considerable body of practice, interpretation, and precedents unique to the Canadian House of Commons is amply illustrated. Chapters of the book cover the following: parliamentary institutions; parliaments and ministries; privileges and immunities; the House and its Members; parliamentary procedure; the physical & administrative setting; the Speaker & other presiding officers; the parliamentary cycle; sittings of the House; the daily program; oral & written questions; the process of debate; rules of order & decorum; the curtailment of debate; special debates; the legislative process; delegated legislation; financial procedures; committees of the whole House; committees; private Members' business; public petitions; private bills practice; and the parliamentary record. Includes index.
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Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9789090297644
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (976 download)
Download or read book Parliament written by and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Parliament is the space where politics literally takes shape. Here, collective decisions take form in a specific setting where relationships between political actors are organized through architecture. The architecture of spaces of political congregation is not only an expression of a political culture, it also shapes this culture. 0Since 2010, architecture office XML has researched the architecture of spaces of political congregation. The book 'Parliament' explores the double-sided relationship between space and politics by documenting and comparing the plenary halls of the parliaments of all 193 United Nations member states. Almost like a manual archive, the book documents the rooms in the same style and scale and also provides key data and the assembly hall's location within the larger parliament building. Organized as a lexicon, the book allows comparison of all 193 national parliaments in the world." --Cover.
Author : Stephen Breyer
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 0307424618
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (74 download)
Download or read book Active Liberty written by Stephen Breyer and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2007-12-18 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A brilliant new approach to the Constitution and courts of the United States by Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer.For Justice Breyer, the Constitution’s primary role is to preserve and encourage what he calls “active liberty”: citizen participation in shaping government and its laws. As this book argues, promoting active liberty requires judicial modesty and deference to Congress; it also means recognizing the changing needs and demands of the populace. Indeed, the Constitution’s lasting brilliance is that its principles may be adapted to cope with unanticipated situations, and Breyer makes a powerful case against treating it as a static guide intended for a world that is dead and gone. Using contemporary examples from federalism to privacy to affirmative action, this is a vital contribution to the ongoing debate over the role and power of our courts.
Author : David Graeber
Publisher : Doubleday UK
ISBN 13 : 081299356X
Total Pages : 354 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (129 download)
Download or read book The Democracy Project written by David Graeber and published by Doubleday UK. This book was released on 2013 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores the idea of democracy, its current state of crisis, and its potential as a tool for change, sharing historical perspectives on the effectiveness of democratic uprisings in various times and cultures.
