John Pepall

Against Reform

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

While considering influential factors such as academic and media bias, political fashion, and the American example, Pepall's unique and highly readable assessment takes aim at the practical and theoretical understandings of reform across party lines.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Toronto Press
• Seitenzahl: 336
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Oktober 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 155mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 399g
• ISBN-13: 9780772786241
• ISBN-10: 0772786240
• Artikelnr.: 30517785

Autorenporträt

John Pepall is a writer and political commentator based in Toronto.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword
Acknowledgments
1 Introduction
2If It Ain't Broke, Fix It: Fixed Election Dates
3Out of Proportion: Proportional Representation
4Fun with Figures
5The People Speak?
6How to Vote: Some Simple Ways
7Ontario's Quiet Referendum: Electoral Reform in Ontario
8Parliamentary Reform
9Cross-Purposes: Parliamentary Confirmation of Appointments
10 Perpetual Elections: Recall
11 Do It Yourself: Initiative
12 The Senate
13 Let It Be
Notes
Index