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Overview
Business : This course builds upon the Introduction to Commonwealth Parliamentary Governments course. In addition to considering such issues as different parliamentary models in the Commonwealth (parliamentary, parliamentary-presidential, and presidential) and executive-legislative relations, this course introduces the concept of parliamentary benchmarks. Participants will learn about the CPA benchmarks and regional variations thereof, and will be able to assess their own parliaments using these benchmarks - noting what practical steps could be taken to improve efficiency and effectiveness of their parliaments. 3 CEUs
Terms: Summer 2017
Instructors: Johnson, John; Gomez, Rajan (Summer)
Restriction(s): Open to students enrolled into Professional Development Certificate in Parliamentary Governance program.