Parliamentary Democracy: Is There a Perfect Model?

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Routledge, Jul 5, 2017 - Social Science - 140 pages

This title was first published in 2001. With the collapse of Communism in Central and Eastern Europe, the legitimacy of one-party, and often one-person rule in other parts of the world has been fundamentally challenged. It appears that for the first time parliamentary democracy has become the universally accepted model to adopt or to be perfected. Newer democracies have started to build the institutions and capacity necessary to sustain democracy, while established democracies continue to refine their democracy, sometimes introducing full-scale reforms. This book examines whether elements of the perfect democracy can be identified and how democratic structures and practices can be improved.

 

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Foreword by Senator Margaret Reid
To What Extent Should Cultural Values and the National
Free and Fair Elections

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Nicholas Hopkinson

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