STUDYING THE CANADIAN PARLIAMENT

Citation
Mm. Atkinson et Pg. Thomas, STUDYING THE CANADIAN PARLIAMENT, Legislative studies quarterly, 18(3), 1993, pp. 423-451
Citations number
81
Categorie Soggetti
Political Science
ISSN journal
03629805
Volume
18
Issue
3
Year of publication
1993
Pages
423 - 451
Database
ISI
SICI code
0362-9805(1993)18:3<423:STCP>2.0.ZU;2-P
Abstract
In recent years the study of the Canadian Parliament has lost some of its original momentum. Major gaps in research have begun to appear, an d critics have argued that students of Parliament take a much too doci le, uncritical view of parliamentary government as it is practiced in Canada. This article reviews recent research on the Canadian Parliamen t in light of these criticisms and compares it to more established wor k on the subject. The prospects are not as bleak as the critics mainta in, but the authors express concern that Parliament may no longer pose the kind of intellectual challenge that attracted researchers in prev ious generations.