What's in a name? Semi-parliamentarism and Australian Commonwealth executive-legislative relations
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6234748 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Marija Taflaga (0000-0001-9516-7193, Australian National University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 53 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 248-255 |
| Publication date | 2018-04-03 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Australian Journal of Political Science (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1036-1146 • E-ISSN: 1363-030X |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/10361146.2018.1451484 |
| OpenAlex | W2797575599 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
| References cited | 14 |
The concept of semi-parliamentarianism provides a parsimonious classificatory description of Australian politics as it is really practiced. This concept encapsulates the tension in Australia's executive-legislative relations: balancing the government's requirement to maintain confidence only within the House of Representatives and the fact of the Senate's equally legitimate powers. In this way, semi-parliamentarianism pin-points the distinction between the Australian and other parliamentary systems. This has implications for the practice of real-world politics because political actors conceptualise and fulfil their roles differently in each chamber. Further, the paper argues that the concept of semi-parliamentarianism reveals why a powerful upper chamber with equal legitimacy transforms politics into a form that is no longer recognisably parliamentary. Finally, the concept of semi-parliamentarism may facilitate a more comprehensive integration of Australian executive-legislative relations into international debates
Commonwealth · Government (linguistics · Law and economics · Legislature · Legitimacy · Political science · Politics · Separation of powers · Sociology · Commonwealth, Australian Politics and Federalism · Judicial and Constitutional Studies · Law · Political Systems and Governance · Public Administration
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| Unique citing works | 8 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2018 - 2025 (8) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 8 |