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Oxford University Press Comparing Westminster

Name: Comparing Westminster
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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 service. And finally, parliament's relationship to the executive. The authors explain the changes that have occured in the Westminster model by analyzing four traditions: royal prerogative, responsible government, constitutional bureaucracy, and representative government. They suggest that each tradition has a recurring dilemma, between centralization and decentralization, party government and ministerial responsibility, professionalization and politicization, and finally elitism and participation. They gone on to argue that these dilemmas recur in four present-day debates: the growth of prime ministerial power, the decline in individual and collective ministerial accountability, politicisation of the public service, and executive dominance of the legislature. Comparing Westminster concludes by identifying five meanings of-or narratives about-Westminster. Firstly, 'Westminster as heritage'-elite actors' shared governmental narrative understood as both precedents and nostalgia. Second, 'Westminster as political tool'-the expedient cloak worn by governments and politicians to defend themselves and criticize opponents. Third, 'Westminster as legitimising tradition'-providing legitimacy and a context for elite actions, serving as a point of reference to navigate this uncertain world. Fourth, 'Westminster as institutional category'-it remains a useful descriptor of a loose family of governments with shared origins and characteristics. Finally, 'Westminster as an effective pol

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Brand: Oxford University Press
Model: Illustrated
Format: paperback
ASIN: 019969558X
Category: Books > Subjects > Politics, Philosophy & Social Sciences > Government & Politics > Countries & Regions
Domain: Amazon UK
Publication Date: 11 August 2011
Listed Since: 28 January 2011

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