Country-by-country analysis of politics, parties, elections, and parliaments around the world.

Surveys elections in independent nations and describes the varied systems and processes in clear language understandable to any interested reader.

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"This report re-examines the ways in which parliamentary committees can enhance democratic governance. It looks at the ways in which Public Accounts Committees (PACs) work in practice, and considers whether they continue to fulfill expectations as important guarantors of good governance. Considers the practices and challenges facing PACs in the second decade of the twenty-first century, such as capacity building, independence and information exchange."

With women increasingly able to access key roles in the shaping of government and legislature, often at an elected level, this book provides a study of the progress that has been made by Commonwealth countries, and the practical measures these countries are taking to promote women's rights.