Ministers and parliament
Subtitle: accountability in theory and practice
By: Diana Woodhouse.
Publisher: Clarendon Press; Oxford University Press
Published: 1994
Place of publication: Oxford; Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 321
Subjects: Ministerial responsibility -- Great Britain.; Cabinet system -- Great Britain.
Description: Examines the divergence between theory and practice. The author analyses the situations in which ministers resign, the effectiveness of resignation as a means of accountability, and the abdication by ministers of responsibility. She also examines the powers and limitations of Select Committees.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [299]-311) and index.
Revision of the author's thesis (doctoral).