This book evaluates the role and performance of the Australian parliament. It explores its institutional design and its principles and practices, presenting a compelling case for reform. Uhr looks at the place of representative assemblies in liberal political theory and examines ways in which deliberative democracy might be made more effective and meaningful in Australia. Combining political theory with first-hand knowledge of the Australian parliament, the author makes an important contribution to debates in Australia and internationally.
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This book evaluates the role and performance of the Australian parliament. It explores its institutional design and its principles and practices, presenting a compelling case for reform. Uhr looks at the place of representative assemblies in liberal political theory and examines ways in which deliberative democracy might be made more effective and meaningful in Australia. Combining political theory with first-hand knowledge of the Australian parliament, the author makes an important contribution to debates in Australia and inernationally.
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curious variant of the US system,
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This review is from: Deliberative Democracy in Australia: The Changing Place of Parliament (Reshaping Australian Institutions) (Paperback)
If you are interested in how Australian politics works, Uhr explains the federal system. He goes back before Federation and summarises changes in the last century. Differences with the US system are dealt with. The reader will see a curious variant of the American bicameral federal setup. In part this was necessitated by the sheer size of Australia. The copying of the British parliament and, beneath it, the shires and counties, was deemed too awkward.
The history of amendment propositions is also gone into. We see that the electorate is quite resistant to new amendments, even when all major parties supported these. Alas, there is no discussion of secession, which was seriously mooted in the 30s by Western Australia and Queensland. But there is some space devoted to the republican movement and how it might impact the federal government.
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House of Representatives, Australian Parliament, High Court, British Constitution, Australian Constitution, United States, House of Commons, The Federalist Papers, Electoral Commission, Edmund Burke, Scrutiny of Bills, Labor Party, Prime Minister Howard, Durham Report, Electoral Act, House Procedure, Senate Privileges, Thomas Hobbes, English Civil War, French Revolution, Key Elements of Ministerial Responsibility, Prime Minister Keating, Telecommunications Amendment New!
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House of Representatives, Australian Parliament, High Court, British Constitution, Australian Constitution, United States, House of Commons, The Federalist Papers, Electoral Commission, Edmund Burke, Scrutiny of Bills, Labor Party, Prime Minister Howard, Durham Report, Electoral Act, House Procedure, Senate Privileges, Thomas Hobbes, English Civil War, French Revolution, Key Elements of Ministerial Responsibility, Prime Minister Keating, Telecommunications Amendment New!
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- Representative Government by John Stuart Mill on 5 pages
- The Federalist Papers (Signet Classics) by Alexander Hamilton on 4 pages
- Introduction to the Study of the Law of the Constitution by A. V. Dicey on page 59, page 74, and Back Matter
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- Management, Organisation, and Ethics in the Public Sector (Law, Ethics and Governance) by Patrick Bishop in Front Matter, page 63, and page 65
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- Political Parties, Games and Redistribution by Rosa Mulé in Back Matter
- Australian Policy Handbook by Peter Bridgman in Back Matter
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