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Restraining elective dictatorship : the upper house solution? / Nicholas Aroney, Scott Prasser, J. R. Nethercote [eds.].
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Publication details:
Crawley, W.A. : University of Western Australia Press, 2008.
Record id:
67500
Subject:
Australia. -- Parliament. -- Senate.
Canada. -- Parliament. -- Senate.
Great Britain. -- Parliament. -- House of Lords.
United States. -- Congress. -- Senate.
Legislative bodies -- Upper chambers.
Contents:
Part I. Bicameralism: philosophy and doctrine
Bicameralism and democratic deliberation
Bicameralism and representation of democracy
The logic of bicameralism: a rational actor account
Part II. The Australian senate
The case for bicameralism
The Australian Senate and responsible government
An opposition view of the Australian Senate
The Senate - some modest proposals
Part III. The international scene
Reform of the House of Lords: lessons for bicameralism
An upper house with snow on the roof and frozen in time: the case of the Canadian Senate
Upper house in the Canadian provinces
Bicameralism in the United States
Part IV. The Australian States
State legislative councils - designing for accountability
Reformed bicameralism? The Victorian Legislative Council in the twenty-first century
The embattled South Australian Legislative Council
Part V. The case of Queensland
A constitutional history of the Parliament of Queensland
Illusions of reform: Queensland's Legislative Assembly since Fitzgerald
Abolition and restoration of a Legislative Council: Queensland and the other states
A model upper house for Queensland.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781921401091
Phys. description:
xiii, 301 p. ; 24 cm