Democratic Drift: Majoritarian Modification and Democratic Anomie in the United Kingdom

Democratic Drift: Majoritarian Modification and Democratic Anomie in the United Kingdom

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 1-352

  Flinders, Matthew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

'Blair paradox'; Bi constitutionality; Comparative politics; Constitutional anomie; Constitutional morality; Constitutional reform; Democratic drift; Democratic renewal; Lijphart; Majoritarian modification; Politics of public expectations; Westminster model

Indexed keywords

EID: 84922522883     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199271597.001.0001     Document Type: Book

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