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Author: P. Dorey
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2011-04-05
Total Pages: 253
ISBN-13: 0230306926
DOWNLOAD EBOOKExamines the debates and developments about House of Lords reform since 1911, and notes that disagreements have occurred within, as well as between, the main political parties and governments throughout this time. It draws attention to how various proposals for reform have raised a wider range constitutional and political problems.
Author: Great Britain: Parliament: House of Lords
Publisher: The Stationery Office
Published: 2005-05-23
Total Pages: 56
ISBN-13: 9780104007082
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis publication contains the Standing Orders of the House of Lords which set out information on the procedure and working of the House, under a range of headings including: Lords and the manner of their introduction; excepted hereditary peers; the Speaker; general observances; debates; arrangement of business; bills; divisions; committees; parliamentary papers; public petitions; privilege; making or suspending of Standing Orders.
Author: Great Britain: Deputy Prime Minister's Office
Publisher: The Stationery Office
Published: 2011-05-17
Total Pages: 180
ISBN-13: 9780101807722
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis is a draft Bill and white paper on proposals to change the House of Lords into a more democratically elected second chamber. A cross-party Committee met seven times from June to December 2010 and considered all reform issues related to the House of Lords. Agreement was reached on a large number of issues but differences in opinion remain on the size of the elected element and the type of electoral system. The Government now wants to take the discussion forward to a debate on the detail. Proposals include an 80 percent elected House of Lords but a wholly elected House of Lords has not been ruled out. The Draft Bill sets out elections using the Single Transferable Vote system but it is recognised that a case can be made for other proportional systems too. Other proposals, name, size, functions, powers and term length are some of several issues discussed.
Author: Gregory Conti
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2019-04-25
Total Pages: 433
ISBN-13: 1108428738
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe notion of 'representative democracy' seems unquestionably familiar today, but how did the Victorians understand democracy, parliamentary representation, and diversity?
Author: Patrick Dunleavy
Publisher: LSE Press
Published: 2018-11-01
Total Pages: 521
ISBN-13: 1909890464
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe UK’s Changing Democracy presents a uniquely democratic perspective on all aspects of UK politics, at the centre in Westminster and Whitehall, and in all the devolved nations. The 2016 referendum vote to leave the EU marked a turning point in the UK’s political system. In the previous two decades, the country had undergone a series of democratic reforms, during which it seemed to evolve into a more typical European liberal democracy. The establishment of a Supreme Court, adoption of the Human Rights Act, Scottish, Welsh and Northern Irish devolution, proportional electoral systems, executive mayors and the growth in multi-party competition all marked profound changes to the British political tradition. Brexit may now bring some of these developments to a juddering halt. The UK’s previous ‘exceptionalism’ from European patterns looks certain to continue indefinitely. ‘Taking back control’ of regulations, trade, immigration and much more is the biggest change in UK governance for half a century. It has already produced enduring crises for the party system, Parliament and the core executive, with uniquely contested governance over critical issues, and a rapidly changing political landscape. Other recent trends are no less fast-moving, such as the revival of two-party dominance in England, the re-creation of some mass membership parties and the disruptive challenges of social media. In this context, an in-depth assessment of the quality of the UK’s democracy is essential. Each of the 2018 Democratic Audit’s 37 short chapters starts with clear criteria for what democracy requires in that part of the nation’s political life and outlines key recent developments before a SWOT analysis (of strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats) crystallises the current situation. A small number of core issues are then explored in more depth. Set against the global rise of debased semi-democracies, the book’s approach returns our focus firmly to the big issues around the quality and sustainability of the UK’s liberal democracy.
Author: Patrick O'Brien
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 1993-01-29
Total Pages: 316
ISBN-13: 9780521437448
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis text is a wide-ranging survey of the principal economic and social aspects of the first Industrial Revolution.
Author: Philip Norton
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Published: 2017-06-12
Total Pages: 88
ISBN-13: 9781526119230
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book is the only one of its kind, providing a clear and exhaustive analysis of the different approaches to the future of Britain's second chamber. The House of Lords has long been the subject of proposals for reform some successful, others not and calls for the existing membership to be replaced by elected members have been a staple of political debate. The debate has been characterised by heat rather than light, proponents and opponents of change often talking past one another. This work gives shape to the debate, drawing out the role of the House of Lords, previous attempts at reform, and the different approaches to the future of the House. It develops the argument for each and analyses the current state of the debate about the future of the upper house in Britain's political system.
Author: F. Leslie Seidle
Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Published: 2003
Total Pages: 260
ISBN-13: 9780773525085
DOWNLOAD EBOOKInsightful analyses of recent reforms to parliamentary institutions and governance in Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa. Parliamentary government combines stability and dynamism. Its continuity is rooted in enduring principles such as citizen representation and accountability to the legislature. But parliamentary systems have evolved in response to changes in the societies they govern and in citizens' views about democratic practices. In Reforming Parliamentary Democracy the authors demonstrate how, in their respective countries, parliamentary governments have combined stability with the capacity to adapt to such changes. They provide insightful analyses of recent reforms to parliamentary institutions and governance in Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa.
Author: Meg Russell
Publisher:
Published: 2013-07-11
Total Pages: 349
ISBN-13: 0199671567
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPainting a detailed portrait of the House of Lords since reform removed most hereditary members in 1999, this book demonstrates the chamber's newly diverse membership and substantial policy impact in British politics. It also places the Lords in a comparative context, asks if it can be considered 'legitimate', and examines the likelihood of reform.
Author: Jeremy Bentham
Publisher:
Published: 1817
Total Pages: 438
ISBN-13:
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