Against reform / John Pepall.

By:

Pepall, John, 1949-

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TextSeries: University of Toronto Centre for Public Management monograph seriesPublication details: Toronto ; Buffalo : University of Toronto Press, ©2010.Description: 1 online resource (x, 164 pages)Content type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

144269937X
9781442699373
9781442699380
1442699388

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Against reform.DDC classification:

320.971/09051 22

LOC classification:

JL86.P64 P46 2010

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Contents:

1. Introduction -- 2. If it ain't broke, fix it: fixed election dates -- 3. Out of proportion: proportional representation -- 4. Fun with figures: the paradox of voting -- 5. The people speak? British Columbia's citizens' assembly -- 6. How to vote: some simple ways -- 7. Ontario's quiet referendum: electoral reform in Ontario -- 8. Parliamentary reform -- 9. Cross-purposes: parliamentary confirmation of appointments -- 10. Perpetual elections: recall -- 11. Do it yourself: initiative -- 12. The Senate -- 13. Lit it be.

Summary: "In Against Reform, John Pepall offers a stringent critique of proposed reforms to Canada's political institutions. Examining electoral reform, an elected or provincially appointed Senate and reduced terms for Senators, fixed election dates, recall, initiative, and parliamentary reform, including 'free votes' and parliamentary confirmation of appointments, Pepall contends that these reforms are ill-conceived and would be harmfulSummary: At the root of Pepall's critique is an argument that, in Canada today, too many voters are quick to blame institutions rather than their own conflicting interests and understandings when they do not receive what they want out of government. While considering influential factors such as academic and media bias, political fashion, and the American example, Pepall's unique and highly readable assessment takes aim at the practical and theoretical understandings of reform across party lines."--Pub. desc

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"In Against Reform, John Pepall offers a stringent critique of proposed reforms to Canada's political institutions. Examining electoral reform, an elected or provincially appointed Senate and reduced terms for Senators, fixed election dates, recall, initiative, and parliamentary reform, including 'free votes' and parliamentary confirmation of appointments, Pepall contends that these reforms are ill-conceived and would be harmful

At the root of Pepall's critique is an argument that, in Canada today, too many voters are quick to blame institutions rather than their own conflicting interests and understandings when they do not receive what they want out of government. While considering influential factors such as academic and media bias, political fashion, and the American example, Pepall's unique and highly readable assessment takes aim at the practical and theoretical understandings of reform across party lines."--Pub. desc

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