Comparing Westminster
By: R.A.W. Rhodes, John Wanna, and Patrick Weller.
Contributors: Wanna, John.; Weller, Patrick Moray.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 264
ISBN-13: 9780199563494
Subjects: Legislative bodies; Comparative government; Australia -- Politics and government; Great Britain -- Politics and government; Canada -- Politics and government; New Zealand -- Politics and government; South Africa -- Politics and government
Description: This text explores how governmental elites understand the Westminster systems of Australia, Britain, Canada, New Zealand, and South Africa. It concludes that Westminster is a flexible family of ideas that is useful for many purposes and survives and, even thrives, because of its varied uses to elite actors.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [235]-254) and indexes.