Comparing Westminster

by John Wanna, R.A.W. Rhodes, Patrick Weller

Book Overview

Comparing Westminster explores how the governmental elites in Australia, Britain, Canada, New Zealand, and South Africa understand their Westminster system. It examines in detail four interrelated features of Westminster systems. Firstly, the increasing centralization in collective, responsible cabinet government. Second, the constitutional convention of ministerial and collective responsibility. Third, the role of a professional, non-partisan public...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 019969558X
• ISBN13: 9780199695584
• Release Date: September 2011
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 276 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.1"