With a foreword by former Governor General Adrienne Clarkson, Parliamentary Democracy in Crisis brings together journalists, political scientists, and leading constitutional experts to analyse the parliamentary crisis of November 2008 and to discuss the nature of Canada's democracy.
With a foreword by former Governor General Adrienne Clarkson, Parliamentary Democracy in Crisis brings together journalists, political scientists, and leading constitutional experts to analyse the parliamentary crisis of November 2008 and to discuss the nature of Canada's democracy.
Edited by Peter H. Russell and Lorne Sossin Foreword by The Right Honourable Adrienne Clarkson
Inhaltsangabe
Foreword The Right Honourable Adrienne Clarkson Introduction Peter H. Russell and Lorne Sossin Part One: The Events and Their Background The 'Crisis': A Narrative Michael Valpy A Crisis Not Made in a Day Gary Levy Part Two: The Governor General's Decision to Prorogue To Prorogue or Not to Prorogue: Did the Governor General Make the Right Decision? C.E.S. (Ned) Franks The Governor General's Suspension of Parliament: Duty Done or a Perilous Precedent? Andrew Heard Prime Minister Harper's Parliamentary 'Time Out': A Constitutional Revolution in the Making? Lorraine E. Weinrib Part Three: Constitutional Conventions Why the Governor General Matters Brian Slattery When Silence Isn't Golden: Constitutional Conventions, Constitutional Culture, and the Governer General Lorne Sossin and Adam Dodek Of Representation, Democracy, and Legal Principles: Thinking about the Impensé Jean Leclair and Jean-François Gaudreault-Desbiens Part Four: Coalitions and Parliamentary Government Coalition Government: When It Happens, How It Works Lawrence Leduc Learning to Live with Minority Parliaments Peter H. Russell The Coalition That Wasn't: A Lost Reform Opportunity Graham White Part Five: Tensions in Canada's Democratic Culture Western Canada and the 'Illegitimacy' of the Liberal-NDP Coalition Government Grace Skogstad Parliamentary Democracy versus Faux Populist Democracy Jennifer Smith Ultimately, the System Worked David R. Cameron Contributors Index
Foreword The Right Honourable Adrienne Clarkson Introduction Peter H. Russell and Lorne Sossin Part One: The Events and Their Background The 'Crisis': A Narrative Michael Valpy A Crisis Not Made in a Day Gary Levy Part Two: The Governor General's Decision to Prorogue To Prorogue or Not to Prorogue: Did the Governor General Make the Right Decision? C.E.S. (Ned) Franks The Governor General's Suspension of Parliament: Duty Done or a Perilous Precedent? Andrew Heard Prime Minister Harper's Parliamentary 'Time Out': A Constitutional Revolution in the Making? Lorraine E. Weinrib Part Three: Constitutional Conventions Why the Governor General Matters Brian Slattery When Silence Isn't Golden: Constitutional Conventions, Constitutional Culture, and the Governer General Lorne Sossin and Adam Dodek Of Representation, Democracy, and Legal Principles: Thinking about the Impensé Jean Leclair and Jean-François Gaudreault-Desbiens Part Four: Coalitions and Parliamentary Government Coalition Government: When It Happens, How It Works Lawrence Leduc Learning to Live with Minority Parliaments Peter H. Russell The Coalition That Wasn't: A Lost Reform Opportunity Graham White Part Five: Tensions in Canada's Democratic Culture Western Canada and the 'Illegitimacy' of the Liberal-NDP Coalition Government Grace Skogstad Parliamentary Democracy versus Faux Populist Democracy Jennifer Smith Ultimately, the System Worked David R. Cameron Contributors Index
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