James T. McHugh

The Senate and the People of Canada

A Counterintuitive Approach to Reform of the Senate of Canada

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Produktbeschreibung

This book addresses the highly contentious subject of Canadian Senate reform. Its conclusions reject conventional recommendations and argue that the Senate should remain an appointed body with a more expansive appointment process and restrained powers.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: RLPG/Galleys
• Seitenzahl: 316
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. September 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 668g
• ISBN-13: 9781498547932
• ISBN-10: 1498547931
• Artikelnr.: 48693132

Autorenporträt

James T. McHugh is professor and former chair at the Department of Political Science at the University of Akron and adjunct lecturer of political science at the University of Vermont.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments Preface Part I: Background
Theory
and Context Chapter 1: Senatus Publiusque Canadese Chapter 2: A Counterintuitive Approach to Senate Reform in Canada Chapter 3: The Upper House as a Belief Chapter 4: Historical Continuity of the Senate Chapter 5: Assessing Reform-Neo-Institutional and Related Strategies Part II: Application and Idealized Constitutional Reform Chapter 6: Constitutional Amendment
Part I-Legislative Powers Chapter 7: Constitutional Amendment
Part II-Membership
Representation
and Federalism Chapter 8: Constitutional Amendment
Part III-Appointment
Partisanship
Diversity
Democratic Theory Chapter 9: Constitutional Amendment
Part IV-Official Language Protection
Nomination Oversight
Structural Features Part III: Observations and Non-Constitutional Reform Chapter 10: Scandal and Its Constitutional Aftermath Chapter 11: The Senate as It Is
Could Be
and Ought to Be: Non-Constitutional Reform Appendix A: Constitution Act of 1867 in Respect of the Senate of Canada as Amended Appendix B: An Agreement on Practices Relating to the Senate of Canada Bibliography About the Author