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Kelly Blidook - Constituency Influence in Parliament: Countering the Centre - 9780774821568 - V9780774821568
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Constituency Influence in Parliament: Countering the Centre

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Description for Constituency Influence in Parliament: Countering the Centre Hardback. Num Pages: 176 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JPHV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 456.

Canada’s parliamentary system has been characterized as “executive-dominant,” with governance focused on the “centre,” and scholars have paid little attention to the legislature and its members. Constituency Influence in Parliament illuminates how MPs, in their pursuit of various goals in the legislature, play an important representative role in shaping policy.

This critical volume offers the first full-scale examination of the rules and conduct of parliamentary Private Members’ Business and of the electoral and policy motivations of those who hold the country’s highest elected office. Kelly Blidook offers a thought-provoking assessment of the representational and policy dynamics that exist within the Canadian ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
196
Place of Publication
Vancouver, Canada
ISBN
9780774821568
SKU
V9780774821568
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About Kelly Blidook
Kelly Blidook is an assistant professor of political science at Memorial University of Newfoundland.

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