Comparing Westminster

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.

subjects: Politics and government,  Comparative government,  Legislative bodies,  Legitimacy of governments,  Political science,  Representative government and representation,  Australia, politics and government,  Great britain, politics and government,  Canada, politics and government,  New zealand, politics and government,  South africa, politics and government,  Politique et gouvernement,  Politisches System,  Internationaler Vergleich,  Mehrheitsdemokratie

Places: Canada,  Australia,  New Zealand,  Great Britain,  South Africa