List of Tables; Preface and Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; 1. Looking for Westminster; 2. Comparing Westminster; 3. Living Traditions; 4. Executive and Cabinet; 5. Ministerial Responsibility; 6. The Public Service; 7. Parliaments and Representation; 8. The Meanings of Westminster; Bibliography; Author Index; Subject Index
Summary
This book explores how the governmental elites in Australia, Britain, Canada, New Zealand, and South Africa understand their Westminster system. It examines in detail four interrelated features of Westminster systems. Firstly, the increasing centralisation in collective, responsible cabinet government. Second, the constitutional convention of ministerial and collective responsibility. Third, the role of a professional, non-partisan public service. And finally, parliament'srelationship to the executive. The authors explain the changes that have occured in the Westminster model by analysing four
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-254) and indexes
