Resumen de Book Excerpt: Tragedy in the Commons - "What Job Is This Anyway?"

Alison Loat, Michael MacMillan

• In Tragedy in the Commons: Former Members of Parliament Speak Out About Canada�s Failing Democracy, authors Alison Loat and Michael MacMillan draw on exit interviews with 80 former parliamentarians to reveal how federal politicians felt about their experiences leading and directing the country. Chief among their findings: many MPs did not have a clear understanding about what their job in Ottawa was, and often felt stymied by a partisan system that constricted their freedom in Ottawa. These selected excerpts from Chapter 4 (�What Job Is This Anyway?�) suggest that many MPs interviewed found the most tangible result of their work to be individual casework for constituents in their home ridings, prompting the authors to ask if all constituency work alone is the best use of an MP�s talents and time.