Note: p. ii missing from original. / Since the subject matter which comes before the modern legislators is so intricate and diverse, lawmaking has tended to shift upward into the executive branch thus relegating the legislature to the function of deliberation. Even though the Cabinet in conjunction with the civil service formulates the legislative proposals and force them through Parliament, the power concentrated in the executive is not so great as many students might believe. For, the crystallization and the actual initiation of policy have shifted downward into the various social and economic groups within the community. / Note:

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--Carleton University, 1992. / Also available in electronic format on the Internet.