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100 1 _aAUCOIN, Peter; TURNBULL, Lori
_922374
245 1 0 _aThe democratic deficit :
_bPaul Martin and parliamentary reform
260 _aToronto :
_bIPAC,
_cWinter 2003
520 3 _aPaul Martin’s plan to reform parliamentary government in order to eliminate the so-called democratic deficit calls for greater independence for individual MPs and the House of Commons vis-à-vis the Government. In this article, we first examine what is required to make the reforms work according to his measures of success. We then consider why he has restricted his assault on the democratic deficit to the reform of Parliament. Third, we consider whether parliamentary reform is sufficient to address the discontents and criticisms of Canadian government that have given rise to the perceived democratic deficit. We conclude that the Martin plan, except for the review of government appointments, is sound from the perspective of representative democracy, but will be successful in addressing the democratic deficit only to the extent that the prime minister and his reform-minded colleagues are able to convince Canadians that citizen participation in the institutional processes of reformed parliamentary government can be meaningful
773 0 8 _tCanadian Public Administration : the journal of the Institute of Public Administration of Canada
_g46, 4, p. 427-449
_dToronto : IPAC, Winter 2003
_xISSN 008-4840
_w
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998 _a20051110
_b1140^b
_cTiago
999 _aConvertido do Formato PHL
_bPHL2MARC21 1.1
_c14047
_d14047
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