Commonwealth & Comparative Politics articles from March 2003

Commonwealth & Comparative Politics archives from March 2003

Managing diversity in eighteenth and nineteenth century Canada: Quebec's constitutional development in light of the scottish experience.
March 1, 2003... We argue that an in-depth analysis of the mechanisms adopted for the management of diversity in eighteenth and nineteenth century Canada can contribute to an better understanding of its constitutional odyssey in the twentieth century,...

Bangladesh and UN peacekeeping: the participation of a 'small' state.
March 1, 2003... United Nations peacekeeping is a major avenue through which 'small' states participate in and contribute to the maintenance of global peace and security. Bangladesh is no exception to this. Although a variety of domestic issues such as weak...

Democratic consolidation in Africa: the problematic case of Ghana.
March 1, 2003... In Africa, many countries, including Ghana, have post-authoritarian regimes. Democratically, to what extent do they differ from their authoritarian predecessors? The evidence presented here suggests that, while there are some signs of...

Learning from labor? Welfare policy transfer between Australia and Britain.
March 1, 2003... In the emergent literature of social policy transfer, very considerable attention has been directed to the processes of policy exchange between North America and the UK. This paper reports the findings of an investigation into the processes of...

From administrative state to ministerial system: the quest for accountability in Hong Kong.
March 1, 2003... In an attempt to enhance the public accountability of principal officials, Hong Kong has replaced civil servants with politically appointed 'ministers' to be in charge of policy portfolios. Such ministers will henceforth shoulder political...

Government by the Gun. The Unfinished Business of Fiji's 2000 Coup.(Book Review)
March 1, 2003... By Robbie Robertson and William Sutherland (Australia: Pluto Press and London: Zed Books, 2001, pp.xiv + 169, $A 34.95 pb). In May 2000, failed businessman, George Speight and his accomplices seized hostages in Suva's parliamentary complex....

Islands at the Crossroads: Politics in the Non-Independent Caribbean.(Book Review)
March 1, 2003... By Aaron Gamaliel Ramos and Angel Israel Rivera (Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner Publishers, Kingston, Jamaica: Ian Randle Publishers, 2001, pp.xxi + 190, 19.50 [pounds sterling] pb). The post-war period has witnessed the maintenance of a...

Caribbean Charisma: Reflections on Leadership, Legitimacy and Populist Politics.(Book Review)
March 1, 2003... Edited by Anton Allahar (Kingston: Ian Randle and Boulder and London: Lynne Rienner, 2001, pp.xvi + 264, 21.50 [pounds sterling] pb). This book is best summarised as a very good idea which was not in the end carried through to full and...

Social Movements and the State.(Book Review)
March 1, 2003... Edited by Ghanshyam Shah (New Delhi: Sage, 2002, pp.xvi + 475, 35 [pounds sterling] hb; 14.99 [pounds sterling] pb). This is the fourth volume in the Readings in Indian Government and Politics Series published by Sage. The attention is...

The Politics of Justice and Human Rights: Southeast Asia and Universalist Theory.(Book Review)
March 1, 2003... By A. Langlois (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2001, pp.ix + 214, 45 [pounds sterling] hb; 15.95 [pounds sterling] pb). "A theory of human rights will continue to be elusive for as long as the theorists operate on the assumption...

Proclaiming Political Pluralism: Churches and Political Transitions in Africa.(Book Review)
March 1, 2003... By Isaac Phiri (Westport, CT and London: Praeger Publishers, 2001, pp.x + 169, 52.50 [pounds sterling] hb). This book, the author helpfully explains on the very first page, "shows that churches often confront the state when a predatory...

Exporting Democracy: Rhetoric vs. Reality.(Book Review)
March 1, 2003... Edited by Peter J. Schraeder (Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner, 2002, pp.x + 289, 46.50 [pounds sterling] hb). We live, apparently, in an age when a new international norm has emerged that 'considers democracy promotion to be an accepted and...

Comparing Democracies 2. New Challenges in the Study of Elections and Voting.(Book Review)
March 1, 2003... Edited by Lawrence LeDuc, Richard G. Niemi and Pippa Norris (London/Thousand Oaks/New Delhi: Sage, 2002, pp.ix + 269, 70 [pounds sterling] hb). It is often noted that both the content and the boundaries of comparative politics are poorly...

The Development Business: a History of the Commonwealth Development Corporation.(Book Review)
March 1, 2003... By M. McWilliam (Basingstoke, Hampshire: Palgrave, 2001, pp.xvii + 296, 50 [pounds sterling] hb). With our present concern about the appropriateness and effectiveness of aid to poor nations and the inequity of trade relations between First...