Parliaments in Contemporary Western Europe

Parliaments in Contemporary Western Europe

Author: Philip Norton

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013-10-23

Total Pages: 236

ISBN-13: 1135254737

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The relationship between parliament and government is fundamental to a political system. In this volume, a distinguished team of specialists explore that relationship and consider to what extent parliaments have the capacity to constrain governments. Are there particular institutional features, such as specialisation through committees, that enhance their capacity to influence public policy?


Parliaments and Governments in Western Europe

Parliaments and Governments in Western Europe

Author: Philip Norton

Publisher: Psychology Press

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 238

ISBN-13: 9780714648330

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Draws together a team of nine country specialists to analyze parliamentary government in Western Europe. The contributors explore the parliaments of Britain, Germany, Italy, Belgium, Ireland, Portugal, and the EU. Concludes with a chapter that examines the volume's two theses: that the type of legislature in each country is determined by institutional environment; and that members of the legislature can make some difference to the capacity of the institution to constrain the executive. Distributed by ISBS. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR


Profession of Government Minister in Western Europe

Profession of Government Minister in Western Europe

Author: Jean Blondel

Publisher: Springer

Published: 1991-06-18

Total Pages: 228

ISBN-13: 1349113956

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Despite the apparent political similarities in Western Europe, the models of cabinet government employed by different nations vary. In exploring the ministerial profession, this text reveals the political traditions and the different needs and expectations of citizen and politician alike.


Coalition Governments in Western Europe

Coalition Governments in Western Europe

Author: Wolfgang C. Müller

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 628

ISBN-13: 9780198297611

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This volume presents a detailed empirical analysis based on a large cross-national data collection, covering the entire post-war period from 1945 to 1999.


Parliaments and Governments in Western Europe

Parliaments and Governments in Western Europe

Author: Philip Norton

Publisher: Taylor & Francis US

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 236

ISBN-13: 9780714643854

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This volume identifies and assesses the relationship between parliaments and governments, exploring especially the degree of specialisation within the legislature and its effect on the capacity of the legislature to scrutinise and influence government.


Coalition Governance in Western Europe

Coalition Governance in Western Europe

Author: Torbjörn Bergman

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2021

Total Pages: 775

ISBN-13: 0198868480

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This book studies such governments, covering the full life-cycle of coalitions from the formation of party alliances before elections to coalition formation after elections.


Parliament and Parliamentarism

Parliament and Parliamentarism

Author: Pasi Ihalainen

Publisher: Berghahn Books

Published: 2016-01-01

Total Pages: 340

ISBN-13: 1782389555

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Parliamentary theory, practices, discourses, and institutions constitute a distinctively European contribution to modern politics. Taking a broad historical perspective, this cross-disciplinary, innovative, and rigorous collection locates the essence of parliamentarism in four key aspects—deliberation, representation, responsibility, and sovereignty—and explores the different ways in which they have been contested, reshaped, and implemented in a series of representative national and regional case studies. As one of the first comparative studies in conceptual history, this volume focuses on debates about the nature of parliament and parliamentarism within and across different European countries, representative institutions, and genres of political discourse.


Parliaments and Citizens in Western Europe

Parliaments and Citizens in Western Europe

Author: Philip Norton

Publisher: Psychology Press

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 220

ISBN-13: 9780714648354

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This, the third volume in a series that seeks to advance our understanding of Western European parliaments, explores the relationship between parliaments and citizens.


Parliaments in Time

Parliaments in Time

Author: Michael Koß

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2018-11-15

Total Pages: 327

ISBN-13: 0191079545

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Comparative Politics is a series for researchers, teachers, and students of political science that deals with contemporary government and politics. Global in scope, books in the series are characterized by a stress on comparative analysis and strong methodological rigour. The series is published in association with the European Consortium for Political Research. For more information visit: www.ecprnet.eu The series is edited by Emilie van Haute, Professor of Political Science, Université libre de Bruxelles; Ferdinand Müller-Rommel, Director of the Center for the Study of Democracy, Leuphana University; and Susan Scarrow, John and Rebecca Moores Professor of Political Science, University of Houston. How can we explain the evolution of legislatures in Western Europe? This book analyses ninety procedural reforms which restructured control over the plenary agenda and committee power in Britain, France, Sweden, and Germany between 1866 and 2015. Legislatures evolve towards one of two procedural ideal types: talking (where governments control the agenda) or working legislatures (with powerful committees). All else being equal, legislators' demand for mega-seats on legislative committees triggers the evolution of working legislatures. If, however, legislators fail to centralize agenda control in response to anti-system obstruction, legislative procedures break down. Rather than a decline of legislatures, talking legislatures accordingly indicate the resilience of legislative democracy. In conclusion, the book shows the causal nexus between procedural reforms and (legislative) democracy.


Policy, Office, Or Votes?

Policy, Office, Or Votes?

Author: Wolfgang C. Müller

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 1999-08-28

Total Pages: 340

ISBN-13: 9780521637237

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This book examines the behaviour of political parties in situations where they experience conflict between two or more important objectives.