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UNISA996198215403316 |
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Weir Stuart |
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Political power and democratic control in Britain : the democratic audit of the United Kingdom / / Stuart Weir and David Beetham |
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London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1999 |
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1-134-86411-6 |
1-134-86412-4 |
1-280-32182-2 |
0-203-42312-7 |
0-415-24616-4 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (543 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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306.2/0941 |
320.941 |
321.80941 |
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Democracy - Great Britain |
Great Britain Politics and government |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Front Cover; Political Power and Democratic Control in Britain; Copyright Page; Contents; List of figures, tables and boxes; Foreword; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations and acronyms; Introduction; 1. Auditing Democracy in Britain: Introducing the Democratic Criteria; 2. Ancient and Modern: The governing culture in Britain; Part 1: Elections and Mandates; Introduction; 3. The Other National Lottery: The political effects of Westminster elections; 4. The Independence of Elections: Government and outside influences on elections; 5. Sticking to the Manifesto: Election mandates in action |
Part 2: The Core ExecutiveIntroduction; 6. Does The Cabinet Really Govern?: Cabinet government or quasi-presidential rule?; 7. Ministers and Mandarins: The powers of ministers, bureaucrats and their departments; 8. Agents of Power: The role of agencies and quangos in government; 9. Government Below the Centre: Government at regional and local level; 10. Networks in Power: External influences working within government; 11. The Rules of the Game: Britain's informal and |
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flexible executive; Part 3: Checks and Balances; Introduction |
12. Giving Account to Parliament: How ministerial responsibility works in practice13. A Parliament Bound: Party constraints on scrutiny and accountability; 14. Heckling the Steamroller: The imbalance of power between government and Parliament; 15. The Rule of Law: The limited role of the judiciary; Part 4: The Balance Sheet; Findings: Good in Parts: Measuring British democracy against Democratic Criteria; Conclusions: Tying Down Gulliver: The absence of a written constitution; Appendix: The Democratic Audit; Table of Cases; Bibliography and sources; Books and articles; Official documents |
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Democratic Institutions and Practices is the second study carried out under the Democratic Audit of the UK. This volume explores the formal institutions and processes of the liberal democratic state: including the executive, elections, parliament and the civil service. |
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UNIORUON00252213 |
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Autore |
Bonora, Paola |
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Orfana e claudicante : L'Emilia "post-comunista" e l'eclissi del modello territoriale / Paola Bonora, Angela Giardini |
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Bologna, : Baskerville, 2003 |
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Emilia-Romagna - Studi sociali |
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UNIORUON00049267 |
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Autore |
ROWLAND, Benjamin, Jr. |
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Titolo |
Art in East and West : An introduction through comparisons / B. Rowland Jr |
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Cambdrige ( (Ma.), : Harvard University Press, 1965 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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XIII, 144 p., p. di tav. : ill. ; 22 cm |
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Arte - Confronti - Oriente -Occidente |
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