Parliaments and governments in the next millennium / written and compiled by Priyanee Wijesekera and Diana Reynolds.

Report of a conference held by the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association in Feb. 1998.

Machine generated contents note: 1 INTRODUCTION 1 -- 2 THE ROLE OF PARLIAMENTS AND GOVERNMENTS IN THE NEXT MILLENNIUM: SETTING THE SCENE 3 -- 3 MULTI-PARTY DEMOCRACY: THE ONLY POLITICAL MODEL FOR THE NEXT MILLENNIUM? 11 -- 4 THE HISTORY OF UGANDA: A CASE STUDY IN THE FAILURE OF MULTI-PARTY POLITICS 15 -- 5 HOW RELEVANT ARE GOVERNMENTS AND NATIONAL PARLIAMENTS IN AN ERA OF GREATER GLOBALIZATION? 21 -- 6 DOES DEVOLUTION OF POWER KEEP STATES TOGETHER OR LEAD TO THEIR BREAKING UP? 27 -- 7 WILL SMALL STATES AND DEPENDENCIES REMAIN VIABLE IN THE NEW MILLENNIUM? 35 -- 8 THE BUSINESS OF GOVERNMENT: HOW LARGE SHOULD IT BE AND WHAT SHOULD IT DO? 39 -- 9 CAN THERE BE FAIRER MEDIA COVERAGE OF PARLIAMENTARIANS IN THE FUTURE? 45 -- 10 WHAT CAN BE DONE TO COMBAT CORRUPTION AND PUBLIC IMPROPRIETY? 51 -- 11 WHITHER THE WELFARE STATE? 55 -- 12 WOMEN IN PARLIAMENT AND GOVERNMENT: INTO THE NEW MILLENNIUM 59 -- 13 DIRECT DEMOCRACY: A GROWING THREAT TO NATIONAL COHESION AND DEMOCRACY? 65 -- 14 PROMOTING EFFICIENCY IN PARLIAMENTS 69 -- 15 FINANCING POLITICAL PARTIES: CAN AN EQUITABLE SYSTEM BE DEVISED? 75 -- 16 WHAT IS THE ROLE OF PARLIAMENT IN PROTECTING HUMAN RIGHTS? 79 -- 17 CONCLUSION 83.