Cabinets and first ministers
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Cabinets and first ministers
(Canadian democratic audit)
UBC Press, c2005
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  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
"Published in association with the Centre for Canadian Studies at Mount Allison University"--P. facing t.p
"Additional reading": p. 190-192
Bibliography: p. 193-201
Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
What place do first ministers and their cabinets have in democratic life in Canada? Has cabinet become a prime ministerial focus group? Do political staff and central agency bureaucrats enhance or diminish democracy? Do private members have any say in the cabinet process?
Graham White renders a clear account of the development, structure, and operation of cabinet and the role of first ministers at the federal, provincial, and territorial levels. He discusses how the processes that support cabinet are affected by the considerable power of the first minister, and looks at the ways in which they permit the involvement of other elected members and the public.
Taking the view that characterizing our Westminster-style government is an oversimplification, White examines first ministers and cabinets in terms of accountability and transparency and proposes realistic improvements to this aspect of Canadian democracy.
Table of Contents
Contents
Tables
Foreword
Acknowledgments
1 The Scope and Criteria for the Audit
2 Cabinet Government in Canada: An Executive Summary
3 The First Minister As Autocrat?
4 Public Participation in Cabinet Processes?
5 Democracy through Cabinet Structure and Process?
6 Democracy in the Elected Dictatorship?
Discussion Questions
Appendix: Sources of Audit Information
Additional Reading
Works Cited
Index
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