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Author : John Adams
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 46 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1776
Category : Constitutional history
ISBN : CHI:40832257
Author : Ian Brodie
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 205 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2018-04-30
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780773553781
"Canada's prime minister is a dictator." "The Sun King of Canadian government." "More powerful than any other chief executive of any other democratic country." These kinds of claims are frequently made about Canada's leader – especially when the prime minister's party holds a majority government in Parliament. But is there any truth to these arguments? At the Centre of Government not only presents a comprehensively researched work on the structure of political power in Canada but also offers a first-hand view of the inner workings of the Canadian federal government. Ian Brodie – former chief of staff to Prime Minister Stephen Harper and former executive director of the Conservative Party of Canada – argues that the various workings of the Prime Minister's Office, the Privy Council Office, the cabinet, parliamentary committees, and the role of backbench members of Parliament undermine propositions that the prime minister has evolved into the role of an autocrat, with unchecked control over the levers of political power. He corrects the dominant thinking that Canadian prime ministers hold power without limits over their party, caucus, cabinet, Parliament, the public service, and the policy agenda. Citing examples from his time in government and from Canadian political history he argues that in Canada's evolving political system, with its roots in the pre-Confederation era, there are effective checks on executive power, and that the golden age of Parliament and the backbencher is likely now. Drawing on a vast body of work on governance and the role of the executive branch of government, At the Centre of Government is a fact-based primer on the workings of Canadian government and sobering second thoughts about many proposals for reform.
Author : Jesse Ventura,Dick Russell
Publisher : Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.
Page : 313 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2012-04-02
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781616085711
Analyzes a series of public domain documents which demonstrate how the government has misled the public, engaging in deception about the objectives and scope of some of its programs and perpetuating wasteful spending and harmful cover-ups.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 70 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1769
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BSB:BSB10281177
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 1709
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1096625724
Author : John Stuart Mill
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1862
Category : Representative government and representation
ISBN : UOMDLP:abx0154:0001.001
Author : Jason Brennan
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2017-09-26
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781400888399
A bracingly provocative challenge to one of our most cherished ideas and institutions Most people believe democracy is a uniquely just form of government. They believe people have the right to an equal share of political power. And they believe that political participation is good for us—it empowers us, helps us get what we want, and tends to make us smarter, more virtuous, and more caring for one another. These are some of our most cherished ideas about democracy. But Jason Brennan says they are all wrong. In this trenchant book, Brennan argues that democracy should be judged by its results—and the results are not good enough. Just as defendants have a right to a fair trial, citizens have a right to competent government. But democracy is the rule of the ignorant and the irrational, and it all too often falls short. Furthermore, no one has a fundamental right to any share of political power, and exercising political power does most of us little good. On the contrary, a wide range of social science research shows that political participation and democratic deliberation actually tend to make people worse—more irrational, biased, and mean. Given this grim picture, Brennan argues that a new system of government—epistocracy, the rule of the knowledgeable—may be better than democracy, and that it's time to experiment and find out. A challenging critique of democracy and the first sustained defense of the rule of the knowledgeable, Against Democracy is essential reading for scholars and students of politics across the disciplines. Featuring a new preface that situates the book within the current political climate and discusses other alternatives beyond epistocracy, Against Democracy is a challenging critique of democracy and the first sustained defense of the rule of the knowledgeable.
Author : George Rous
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 90 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1791
Category : France
ISBN : NYPL:33433081977617
Author : John Wrottesley (Lord Wrottesley.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1860
Category : Electronic
ISBN : NLS:V000706416
Author : John Wrottesley Baron Wrottesley
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1860
Category : Great Britain
ISBN : UOM:39015062337764
Author : Sir Thomas Bond
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 30 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1799
Category : Church and state
ISBN : BL:A0021780660
Author : Sir Arthur Helps
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1872
Category : Political science
ISBN : PSU:000055463843
Author : John Locke
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Liberty
ISBN : 7500426518
Author : Adam Smith
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 522 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1822
Category : Economics
ISBN : UCAL:$B87540
Author : Sir Arthur Helps
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1892
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:46956038
