Constituency Influence in Parliament : Countering the Centre

Blidook, Kelly

University of British Columbia Press（2013/01発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 196 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9780774821575
• DDC分類 328.710772

Full Description

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 institutional structure. His examination of what MPs do, why they do it, and what effect it has, resurrects the relevance of Canada's Parliament.

Contents

1 Parliament and Its Members: Representation and Governance

2 The Electoral Connection and Legislative Behaviour in Canada

3 Legislation in the House: Private Members' Business

4 Private Members' Business: Participation and Motivation

5 Constituency Interests and Private Members' Business

6 The Nation's Interests, the Party's Interests, or the MP's Interests?

7 Does It Matter? Do Members of Parliament Influence Policy?

8 Conclusion: Individual Autonomy and Representation

Appendices; Notes; Bibliography