The Private Member of Parliament and the Formation of Public Policy
A New Zealand Case Study
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press
- Initial publish date
- Dec 2024
- Category
- General, General, General
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9781487590772
- Publish Date
- Dec 2018
- List Price
- $22.95
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9781487592219
- Publish Date
- Dec 2024
- List Price
- $28.95
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Description
In this attempt to determine the degree of power or influence possessed by the New Zealand private Member of Parliament, Robert Kelson has consulted parliamentary documents, the New Zealand press, and party documents. His study is based as well on data collected during attendance at the House and its committees, as well as party meetings, over a three-year period. He concludes with suggestions of new roles for the private Member of Parliament in the light of modern conditions, which will make a useful comparison with Canada's experience.
About the author
Robert N. Kelson was a professor of political science at the University of Western Ontario and then the Fred Morgan Kirby Professor of Civil Rights at Lafayette College until 1976.