商品簡介
Blidook (political science, Memorial U. of Newfoundland, Canada) details the role of members of parliament (MPs) in shaping policy in Canada, exploring what they do, why they do it, and on whose behalf. He uses a combination of datasets that track legislative activity, constituency characteristics, and MP characteristics and institutional positions, including MP interviews and election, MP census, and legislation data. He examines the theoretical and empirical literature on political representation in Canada, with comparisons of the UK and US, followed by description of the rules and process surrounding Private Members' Business (PMB) and who participates in PMB and why, especially why hundreds of bills and motions are drafted and introduced in the House of Commons if the process serves little purpose. He discusses who is best represented by the participation of MPs in PMB and whether they represent the interests of the nation as a whole or of partisan groupings, and whether the actions of individual MPs have any impact on policy outcomes. US distribution by U. of Washington Press; Canadian distribution by U. of Toronto Press. Annotation Ac2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
作者簡介
Kelly Blidook is an assistant professor of politicalscience at Memorial University of Newfoundland.
