Parliaments and governments in the next millennium
By: written and compiled by Priyanee Wijesekera and Diana Reynolds.
Contributors: Wijesekera, Priyanee.; Reynolds, Diana.; Commonwealth Parliamentary Association.
Publisher: Cavendish Pub.; Routledge-Cavendish
Published: 1999
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 125
Subjects: Representative government and representation -- Congresses.
Genres: Congresses.
Notes: Report of a conference held by the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association in Feb. 1998.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: 1 INTRODUCTION 1; title: 2 THE ROLE OF PARLIAMENTS AND GOVERNMENTS IN THE NEXT MILLENNIUM: SETTING THE SCENE 3; title: 3 MULTI-PARTY DEMOCRACY: THE ONLY POLITICAL MODEL FOR THE NEXT MILLENNIUM? 11; title: 4 THE HISTORY OF UGANDA: A CASE STUDY IN THE FAILURE OF MULTI-PARTY POLITICS 15; title: 5 HOW RELEVANT ARE GOVERNMENTS AND NATIONAL PARLIAMENTS IN AN ERA OF GREATER GLOBALIZATION? 21; title: 6 DOES DEVOLUTION OF POWER KEEP STATES TOGETHER OR LEAD TO THEIR BREAKING UP? 27; title: 7 WILL SMALL STATES AND DEPENDENCIES REMAIN VIABLE IN THE NEW MILLENNIUM? 35; title: 8 THE BUSINESS OF GOVERNMENT: HOW LARGE SHOULD IT BE AND WHAT SHOULD IT DO? 39; title: 9 CAN THERE BE FAIRER MEDIA COVERAGE OF PARLIAMENTARIANS IN THE FUTURE? 45; title: 10 WHAT CAN BE DONE TO COMBAT CORRUPTION AND PUBLIC IMPROPRIETY? 51; title: 11 WHITHER THE WELFARE STATE? 55; title: 12 WOMEN IN PARLIAMENT AND GOVERNMENT: INTO THE NEW MILLENNIUM 59; title: 13 DIRECT DEMOCRACY: A GROWING THREAT TO NATIONAL COHESION AND DEMOCRACY? 65; title: 14 PROMOTING EFFICIENCY IN PARLIAMENTS 69; title: 15 FINANCING POLITICAL PARTIES: CAN AN EQUITABLE SYSTEM BE DEVISED? 75; title: 16 WHAT IS THE ROLE OF PARLIAMENT IN PROTECTING HUMAN RIGHTS? 79; title: 17 CONCLUSION 83.