Parliament And Democracy In The Twenty First Century
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Parliament And Democracy In The Twenty First Century
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Author : David Beetham
language : en
Publisher: Inter-Parliamentary Union
Release Date : 2006
Parliament And Democracy In The Twenty First Century written by David Beetham and has been published by Inter-Parliamentary Union this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with Democracy categories.
A World Parliament
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Author : Jo Leinen
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2018-04-11
A World Parliament written by Jo Leinen and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-04-11 with Political Science categories.
Global challenges such as war, climate change, poverty and inequality are overwhelming nation-states and today's international institutions. Achieving a world community that is peaceful, just and sustainable requires a democratic world parliament. This book describes the history, relevance and practical steps to implement this monumental project.
Delegation And Accountability In Parliamentary Democracies
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Author : Kaare Strøm
language : en
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Release Date : 2003-11-20
Delegation And Accountability In Parliamentary Democracies written by Kaare Strøm and has been published by OUP Oxford this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-11-20 with Political Science categories.
Parliamentary democracy is the most common way of organizing delegation and accountability in contemporary democracies. Yet knowledge of this type of regime has been incomplete and often unsystematic. Delegation and Accountability in Parliamentary Democracies offers new conceptual clarity on the topic. Taking principal-agent theory as its framework, the work illustrates how a variety of apparently unrelated representation issues can now be understood. This procedure allows scholarship to move well beyond what have previously been cloudy and confusing debates aimed at defining the virtues and perils of parliamentarism. This new empirical investigation includes all seventeen West European parliamentary democracies. These countries are compared in a series of cross-national tables and figures, and seventeen country chapters provide a wealth of information on four discrete stages in the delegation process: delegation from voters to parliamentary representatives, delegation from parliament to the prime minister and cabinet, delegation within the cabinet, and delegation from cabinet ministers to civil servants. Each chapter illustrates how political parties serve as bonding instruments which align incentives and permit citizen control of the policy process. This is complemented by a consideration of external constraints, such as courts, central banks, corporatism, and the European Union, which can impinge on national-level democratic delegation. The concluding chapters go on to consider how well the problems of delegation and accountability are solved in these countries. Delegation and Accountability in Parliamentary Democracies provides an unprecedented guide to contemporary European parliamentary democracies. As democratic governance is transformed at the dawn of the twenty-first century, it illustrates the important challenges faced by the parliamentary democracies of Western Europe.
Liberal Democracy Into The Twenty First Century
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Author : Roland Axtmann
language : en
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Release Date : 1996
Liberal Democracy Into The Twenty First Century written by Roland Axtmann and has been published by Manchester University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996 with Democracy categories.
This book offers a contemporary critique of liberal democracy, understood as a set of institutions and as a set of ideas. Roland Axtmann asks what democracy means today, as it faces the challenges of feminism, multiculturalism, globalization and European integration. Axtmann analyses in turn each of liberal democracy's component parts. Firstly he discusses the notions of sovereignty, constitutionalism and representation and analyses the liberal concept of citizenship. Secondly he surveys the conceptual history of civil society and presents republicanism and deliberative politics (after Habermas) as alternative conceptualizations of democracy. Thirdly he shows how feminism and multi-culturalism challenge liberal democracy with their demands for the granting of group rights. Finally he shows how global interdependence and supranational integration demand a reconsideration of democratic sovereignty. The idea of democratic rule by the sovereign people in the sovereign nation-state is being transformed to reflect new connections between citizens, governments, and supranational institutions.
Parliaments
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Author : Mary K. Pratt
language : en
Publisher: ABDO
Release Date : 2011
Parliaments written by Mary K. Pratt and has been published by ABDO this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011 with Legislative bodies categories.
Introduces parliamentary governments, discussing the social, political, economic, religious, and cultural effects, and examining various contemporary governments.
Legislative Decline In The 21st Century
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Author : Irina Khmelko
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2020-01-24
Legislative Decline In The 21st Century written by Irina Khmelko and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-01-24 with Political Science categories.
Irina Khmelko, Frederick Stapenhurst, and Michael L. Mezey have assembled an authoritative guide to the declining institutional capacities of legislatures around the world. Case studies represent a diverse sample of countries, ranging from newer democracies emerging from the post-communist world to more established but at times fragile democracies in Asia. Although largely focused on newer democratic systems, readers will be able to identify key factors that explain the general global trend toward the empowerment of executives at the expense of national legislatures. The cases, although different from one another, identify several factors that have explained the erosion of legislative power, including historical legacies, institutional design, economic factors, external factors, political polarization, personalization of politics, and the rise of populism. Original data and the presentation of testable theoretical propositions about the growing imbalance between executives and national legislatures moves the field in a promising new direction. Legislative Decline in the 21st Century will be of interest to students and scholars of Legislative Studies and Comparative Politics. Lessons drawn from these case studies will allow policy makers to explore new solutions that can lead to the improved quality of democracy in countries around the world.
Open Democracy
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Author : Hélène Landemore
language : en
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Release Date : 2022-03-08
Open Democracy written by Hélène Landemore and has been published by Princeton University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-03-08 with Philosophy categories.
To the ancient Greeks, democracy meant gathering in public and debating laws set by a randomly selected assembly of several hundred citizens. To the Icelandic Vikings, democracy meant meeting every summer in a field to discuss issues until consensus was reached. Our contemporary representative democracies are very different. Modern parliaments are gated and guarded, and it seems as if only certain people are welcome. Diagnosing what is wrong with representative government and aiming to recover some of the openness of ancient democracies, Open Democracy presents a new paradigm of democracy. Supporting a fresh nonelectoral understanding of democratic representation, Hélène Landemore demonstrates that placing ordinary citizens, rather than elites, at the heart of democratic power is not only the true meaning of a government of, by, and for the people, but also feasible and, more than ever, urgently needed. -- Cover page 4.
Twenty First Century Democracy
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Author : Philip Resnick
language : en
Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Release Date : 1997
Twenty First Century Democracy written by Philip Resnick and has been published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997 with Political Science categories.
According to a recent feature in The Economist, democracy has been only half achieved this century and should flower in the next. In preparation for new forms of democracy, well-known political theorist Philip Resnick addresses some of the fundamental questions surrounding the practice of democracy at the end of the twentieth century and the difficulties of governance in the twenty-first century, including issues of globalization, nationalism, and direct democracy.
Parliament In The Twenty First Century
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Author : John Halligan
language : en
Publisher: Melbourne University
Release Date : 2007
Parliament In The Twenty First Century written by John Halligan and has been published by Melbourne University this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with History categories.
In the first half of the twentieth century the power of parliaments around the world declined. More recently a revival has occurred, and parliaments have responded to the challenge with new institutions that strengthen their powers. PARLIAMENT IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY is an authoritative account of the development of the parliamentary committee system in Australia from 1970 to 2006. Drawing on detailed analysis of hundreds of committee reports, and interviews with members of parliament, the authors explore the implications the system has for both governance and careers of parliamentarians. The authors particularly examine the different roles of House of Representative and Senate committees, and consider the impact of the Howard Government's control of the Senate since mid 2005. PARLIAMENT IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY is an invaluable resource for students of Australian parliament and for all those interested in how parliamentary institutions adapt to change
Challenges Of Democracy In The 21st Century
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Author : Luca Tomini
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2018-05-08
Challenges Of Democracy In The 21st Century written by Luca Tomini and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-05-08 with Political Science categories.
The effectiveness and capacity of survival of democratic regimes has been recently and widely questioned in the public and political debate. Both democratic institutions and political actors are increasingly confronted with rapid economic and societal transformations that, at least according to some observers and commentators, they not seem to be ready or equipped to manage effectively. This book evaluates and challenges recent scholarly literature on the quality of democracy. It provides a critical assessment of the current state of the studies on the subject, identifying the key questions and discussing open issues, alternative approaches, problems and future developments. Bringing together some of the most prominent and distinguished scholars who have developed and discussed the topic of the quality of democracy during the last decade, it deals with a highly relevant topic in political science and extremely sensitive subject for our democratic societies. This text will be of key interest to scholars of democracy and democratization and more broadly to comparative politics, electoral studies, political theory, power and comparative political institutions.