V. Bogdanor (ed), Coalition Government in Western Europe, (London, Heinemann, for Policy Studies Institute, 1983), 282 pages
In: Political science, Band 37, Heft 1, S. 81a-84
ISSN: 2041-0611
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In: Political science, Band 37, Heft 1, S. 81a-84
ISSN: 2041-0611
In: Political science quarterly: a nonpartisan journal devoted to the study and analysis of government, politics and international affairs ; PSQ, Band 99, Heft 3, S. 555-556
ISSN: 1538-165X
In: The world today, Band 72, Heft 3, S. 40
ISSN: 0043-9134
In: Zeitschrift für Staats- und Europawissenschaften, Band 14, Heft 2, S. 157-165
In: The British Constitution in the Twentieth Century, S. 237-279
In: The Monarchy and the Constitution, S. 113-144
In: Public administration: an international quarterly, Band 74, S. 593-611
ISSN: 0033-3298
Examines issues of ministerial accountability and of proper relationships between ministers and civil servants raised in report prepared by Sir Richard Scott, commissioned in 1992 to investigate possible complicity in exporting lethal weapons to Iraq; Great Britain.
In: Public administration: an international quarterly, Band 74, Heft 4, S. 593-612
ISSN: 0033-3298
In: Journal of democracy, Band 4, Heft 1, S. 66-78
ISSN: 1045-5736
THIS ARTICLE CONSIDERS THE FEATURES OF ISRAEL'S ELECTORAL SYSTEM AND THE ONGOING EFFORTS TO REFORM IT. THE SYSTEM IS CURRENTLY CHARACTERIZED BY AN EXTREMELY RIGID FORM OF PROPORTIONAL REPRESENTATION (PR) IN WHICH THE COUNTRY IS TREATED AS ONE LARGE CONSTITUENCY, AND A LOW (1.5 PERCENT) THRESHOLD OF THE NATIONAL VOTE REQUIRED TO GAIN REPRESENTATION IN THE LEGISLATURE. THE WEAKNESSES OF THIS SYSTEM, LEGISLATIVE GRIDLOCK AND UNDUE POWER AND INFLUENCE OF SMALL PARTIES, ARE BECOMING INCREASINGLY OBVIOUS. MOST REFORMERS AGREE, HOWEVER, THAT ISRAEL MUST RETAIN THE BASIC PRINCIPLE OF PR. VIABLE REFORMS INCLUDE RAISING THE THRESHOLD TO 3 OR 3.5 PERCENT AND PROVIDING FOR A CONSTITUENCY ELEMENT SO AS TO SECURE A CLOSER RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN LEGISLATORS AND VOTERS. A SYSTEM WHICH WOULD COMBINE PR AND INDIVIDUAL CONSTITUENCIES, PATTERNED AFTER A MULTIMEMBER CONSTITUENCY SYSTEM (THE "SWEDISH" MODEL) IS ISRAEL'S BEST HOPE FOR OPENING UP THE POLITICAL SYSTEM SO THAT THE VOTER ENJOYS A GREATER DEGREE OF INFLUENCE IN CHOOSING CANDIDATES AND SIGNALING COALITIONS.
In: Parliamentary affairs: a journal of comparative politics, Band XXXI, Heft 2, S. 225-228
ISSN: 1460-2482
In: Political studies: the journal of the Political Studies Association of the United Kingdom, Band 25, Heft 1, S. 110-121
ISSN: 1467-9248
In: Parliamentary history, Band 31, Heft 3, S. 494-496
ISSN: 1750-0206
In: Government & opposition: an international journal of comparative politics, Band 31, Heft 2, S. 254-257
ISSN: 1477-7053
In: Canadian journal of political science: CJPS = Revue canadienne de science politique, Band 20, Heft 2, S. 438-439
ISSN: 1744-9324
In: Representation, Band 30, Heft 110, S. 35-36
ISSN: 1749-4001