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Malloy's central argument is that Parliament's operation is based on two logics: representation and governance. Representation refers to how the House of Commons reflects the views of voters and Canada's diverse socioethnic composition, MP independence, and meaningful, deliberative debate on matters of interest to Canadians. The logic of governance is about the infrastructure of efficient, effective government: strong leaders and prime ministers; centralized, policy-making party discipline; truncated nomination processes; and procedures for streamlining the legislative process. Both are important. MPs think generally in terms of representation, but the environment in which they work is all about governance. From the government perspective, Parliament is a bottleneck, but for MPs it is the symbolic center of Canadian democracy. Malloy (Carleton Univ., Canada) has a fine chapter on the new and unpredictable Senate. This is an accessible tour of Canada's contemporary parliamentary environment, written with critical appreciation. It should take its place in the line of memorable assessments of Canadian parliamentarism penned by scholars such as Robert MacGregor Dawson, C. E. S Franks, and David Docherty.Summing Up: Highly recommended. General readers through faculty.