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Parliament in the twenty-first century : institutional reform and emerging roles / John Halligan, Robin Miller and John Power.

Title
Parliament in the twenty-first century : institutional reform and emerging roles / John Halligan, Robin Miller and John Power.
Author
Halligan, John, 1941-
Publication
Carlton, Vic. : Melbourne University Publishing, 2007.

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Additional Authors
  • Miller, Robin, 1933-
  • Power, John Marcus.
Description
viii, 328 p. : ill.; 21 cm.
Summary
This book is an authoritative account of the development of the parliamentary committee system in the Australian parliament from 1970 to 2006.
Subject
  • Australia. Parliament > Committees
  • Australia. Parliament > History > 20th century
  • Australia. Parliament > History > 21st century
  • Australia > Politics and government > 1901-1945
  • Australia > Politics and government > 1945-
Genre/Form
History
Note
  • Includes index.
Bibliography (note)
  • Bibliography: p. 305-320.
Additional Formats (note)
  • Also available in an electronic version via the Internet at the publisher's home page: http://www.mup.unimelb.edu.au/
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
1: Parliament under challenge and its response -- 2: Interpreting parliamentary change -- 3: Parliament's development, 1901 to 2006 -- 4: Policy roles of committees -- 5: Scrutiny -- 6: Investigate inquiries -- 7: Appraisal of legislation -- 8: Parliamentarians' careers -- 9: Institutional development -- 10: Committees and public policy -- 11: Constraints and opportunities.
ISBN
  • 9780522851861 (pbk.)
  • 052285186X (pbk.)
  • 9780522851878 (pdf)
  • 0522851878 (pdf)
LCCN
^^2007408475
OCLC
123942401
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library