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Westminster system
About: Westminster system is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 151 publications have been published within this topic receiving 1362 citations.
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors look at 15 years of change in Finland, New Zealand, Sweden and the UK and argue there are not only significant differences between each of the countries, but a more general and persistent distinction between the two Nordic countries and UK and New Zealand.
Abstract: It is fashionable to think there is a tide, or sequence, of basically similar public management changes sweeping through Western Europe, North America and Australasia, and British ministers have proclaimed that the UK is an admired and copied leader in public sector reforms. This article argues that a uniform ‘one-track’ picture is not at all accurate. Looking at 15 years of change in Finland, New Zealand, Sweden and the UK, the authors argue there are not only significant differences between each of the countries, but a more general and persistent distinction between the two Nordic countries and the UK and New Zealand. In the ‘Westminster system’ countries, the aim appears to have been to minimize the extent and distinctiveness of the state sector, whereas in the Nordic countries much greater emphasis has been placed on modernizing the state apparatus so that it can deal better with a changing environment.
144 citations
TL;DR: The authors argue that the political drama surrounding Prime Minister Koizumi Junichiro is a direct result of the political reforms implemented in Japan during the last decade, and that the new rules of the game have produced a structural force pushing Japan to resemble a Westminster system.
Abstract: This article argues that the political drama surrounding Prime Minister Koizumi Junichiro is a direct result of the political reforms implemented in Japan during the last decade. The new rules of the game have produced a structural force pushing Japan to resemble a Westminster system.
79 citations
TL;DR: The New Zealand government set up a Royal Commission to consider the country's electoral system and produced an unexpectedly radical report, challenging some of the basic assumptions of the Westminster system under which New Zealand has been governed for 100 years.
66 citations
TL;DR: In this article, the authors used the dynamic representation approach to test how much current policy changes reflect past public preferences in a left-right context for the United Kingdom from 1976 to 2006.
Abstract: Some scholars use the ‘dynamic representation’ approach to test how much current policy changes reflect past public preferences. This article tests hypotheses derived from this approach in a left-right context for the United Kingdom from 1976 to 2006. This shows that government policy on the left-right scale shifts as public preferences change (‘rational anticipation’). Secondly, a public with right-wing preferences elects the Conservatives, who pursue right-wing policies in office (‘electoral turnover’). However, popular incumbents are less likely to adjust their policy position to the public. The Westminster system is criticized for its weak link between the rulers and the ruled, but dynamic representation on the left-right scale in the United Kingdom seems to have functioned admirably in this period.
64 citations
Book•
1 Jan 2005
TL;DR: The Westminster Legacies examines the ways in which the Westminster system has been influential in shaping responsible government and democracy across Asia, Australasia and the Pacific as discussed by the authors. But it does not consider the role of women.
Abstract: Westminster Legacies examines the ways in which the Westminster system has been influential in shaping responsible government and democracy across Asia, Australasia and the Pacific. It devotes chapters to India, Pakistan, Nepal, Singapore, Malaysia, Australia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Fiji and the small Pacific island nations.
64 citations
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| Year | Papers |
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| 2021 | 2 |
| 2020 | 6 |
| 2019 | 6 |
| 2018 | 5 |
| 2017 | 5 |
| 2016 | 9 |