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CABINETS AND FIRST MINISTERS
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| By: |
Graham White |
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Hardback |
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| ISBN 10: |
0774811587 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780774811583 |
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| Publisher: |
UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
11 May, 2005 |
| Series: |
Canadian Democratic Audit |
| Pages: |
224 |
| Description: |
A clear account of the development, structure, and operation of cabinet and the role of first ministers at the federal, provincial, and territorial levels. |
| Synopsis: |
What place do first ministers and their cabinets have in democraticlife in Canada? Has cabinet become a prime ministerial focus group? Dopolitical staff and central agency bureaucrats enhance or diminishdemocracy? Do private members have any say in the cabinet process?Graham White renders a clear account of the development, structure,and operation of cabinet and the role of first ministers at thefederal, provincial, and territorial levels. He discusses how theprocesses that support cabinet are affected by the considerable powerof the first minister, and looks at the ways in which they permit theinvolvement of other elected members and the public.Taking the view that characterizing our Westminster-style governmentis an oversimplification, White examines first ministers and cabinetsin terms of accountability and transparency and proposes realisticimprovements to this aspect of Canadian democracy. |
| Illustrations: |
8 tables |
| Publication: |
Canada |
| Imprint: |
University of British Columbia Press |
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Non-returnable |