Aucoin, P. (2012). New Political Governance in Westminster Systems: Impartial Public Administration and Management Performance at Risk. Governance, 177-199.
This article analyzes the increasing political pressures in four parliamentary systems, which include Australia, Britain, Canada and New Zealand. It looks at pressures from mass media, transparency in the government, more in depth audits, increased political competition and political restrictions in the electorate. The article then concludes that these pressures pose many risks to “impartial public administration and management performance.” The author states that these risks run very deep into administration to the points that it allows political staff to be their own force in the government, causes top public service jobs to become political, and influence public servants to become partisan. All these dangers in the parliamentary system at the administrative level can have an impact on the party in power not only while the party is in power but also during elections.
Campion-Smith, B. (2015, August 23). Fair Elections Act Will Bring Changes on Election Day [Electronic version]. The Toronto Star.
This article argues that the Fair Elections Act enacted by Stephen Harper in 2014 will have negative impacts on the current election, for the reasons that, the voter information card will not be accepted as valid proof of address, vouching is restricted, advanced polls, restrictions on Elections Canada and expanded campaign budgets. The voting restrictions will limit specific groups from voting which critics say are groups that will most likely vote against the current conservative government who are in power. The conservatives however feel that the election is fair and open to everyone and there are no restrictions or problems that can easily be avoided or solved. They feel that with these changes that they have made they are “protecting the integrity of the system,” and they will only help the voters not harm them by taking those who break rules out of the system. Ferris, J., & Voia, M. (2009). What Determines the Length of a Typical Canadian Parliamentary Government? Can J Pol Sci Canadian Journal of Political Science, 881-910. The article looks to figure out what factors affect the timing of an election called in the Canadian Parliamentary system. The hypothesis that the article starts with is that this rests in broad terms on the party in power and their goals and the economic climate. The article uses research methods to figure out what specifically about these impacts when a government will call an election. The first factors that are explored are factors specific to the party, their ideologies and the likelihood of the party being reelected. The second set of factors look at what changes with time, including how long it would take for a party to fulfill their political goals, and how much the government has to intervene in the economy. The last factor that is studied is the economic growth. All these are taken into account when a government is deciding whether to call an election or not and also how long the party will remain in power without having to call an election. If the party in power feels they are strong enough to continue without calling a vote they will do so, however when they feel a vote is necessary to continue their power for the ideologies they would like to carry out in the future they will call an election. Linz, J. J. (1990, January). The Perils of Presidentialism. Journal of Democracy, 51-69. This article argues that through out history up until 1989, the parliamentary system proved to be a better alternative when compared to a presidential system due to …show more content…
He points out that within presidential systems there is a higher chance of internal branch conflict, not enough resources to solve this problem, the zero-sum election process, disproportionality and rigidness for reelection. He goes on further to say that parliamentary systems don’t have such problems which make them more democratic. He says that the parliamentary system allows for more leniency when setting elections, makes it easier to change the prime minister without a regime crisis and gives the prime minister enough freedom by making him come to an agreement in the house on
This article analyzes the increasing political pressures in four parliamentary systems, which include Australia, Britain, Canada and New Zealand. It looks at pressures from mass media, transparency in the government, more in depth audits, increased political competition and political restrictions in the electorate. The article then concludes that these pressures pose many risks to “impartial public administration and management performance.” The author states that these risks run very deep into administration to the points that it allows political staff to be their own force in the government, causes top public service jobs to become political, and influence public servants to become partisan. All these dangers in the parliamentary system at the administrative level can have an impact on the party in power not only while the party is in power but also during elections.
Campion-Smith, B. (2015, August 23). Fair Elections Act Will Bring Changes on Election Day [Electronic version]. The Toronto Star.
This article argues that the Fair Elections Act enacted by Stephen Harper in 2014 will have negative impacts on the current election, for the reasons that, the voter information card will not be accepted as valid proof of address, vouching is restricted, advanced polls, restrictions on Elections Canada and expanded campaign budgets. The voting restrictions will limit specific groups from voting which critics say are groups that will most likely vote against the current conservative government who are in power. The conservatives however feel that the election is fair and open to everyone and there are no restrictions or problems that can easily be avoided or solved. They feel that with these changes that they have made they are “protecting the integrity of the system,” and they will only help the voters not harm them by taking those who break rules out of the system. Ferris, J., & Voia, M. (2009). What Determines the Length of a Typical Canadian Parliamentary Government? Can J Pol Sci Canadian Journal of Political Science, 881-910. The article looks to figure out what factors affect the timing of an election called in the Canadian Parliamentary system. The hypothesis that the article starts with is that this rests in broad terms on the party in power and their goals and the economic climate. The article uses research methods to figure out what specifically about these impacts when a government will call an election. The first factors that are explored are factors specific to the party, their ideologies and the likelihood of the party being reelected. The second set of factors look at what changes with time, including how long it would take for a party to fulfill their political goals, and how much the government has to intervene in the economy. The last factor that is studied is the economic growth. All these are taken into account when a government is deciding whether to call an election or not and also how long the party will remain in power without having to call an election. If the party in power feels they are strong enough to continue without calling a vote they will do so, however when they feel a vote is necessary to continue their power for the ideologies they would like to carry out in the future they will call an election. Linz, J. J. (1990, January). The Perils of Presidentialism. Journal of Democracy, 51-69. This article argues that through out history up until 1989, the parliamentary system proved to be a better alternative when compared to a presidential system due to …show more content…
He points out that within presidential systems there is a higher chance of internal branch conflict, not enough resources to solve this problem, the zero-sum election process, disproportionality and rigidness for reelection. He goes on further to say that parliamentary systems don’t have such problems which make them more democratic. He says that the parliamentary system allows for more leniency when setting elections, makes it easier to change the prime minister without a regime crisis and gives the prime minister enough freedom by making him come to an agreement in the house on