Parliamentary Roles in Modern Legislatures

ISBN-13: 9780415575683 / Angielski / Twarda / 2012 / 244 str.

Magnus Blomgren;Olivier Rozenberg

Opis

Presenting a variety of methodological approaches, this book examines the link between representative roles, institutional settings and parliamentary behaviour. It features case studies on Germany, the Netherlands, the UK, France, Austria, Norway, Hungary, Australia, New Zealand and the European Parliament.

Spis treści

1. Introduction Magnus Blomgren & Olivier Rozenberg  2. Legislative Roles and Legislative studies – The neo-institutionalist turning point? Magnus Blomgren & Olivier Rozenberg  3. The Emergence and Transformation of Representative Roles Heinrich Best & Lars Vogel  4. The Consequences of Representatives’ Role Orientations: attitudes, behaviour, perceptions Rudy Andeweg  5. Roles as strategies: Towards a logic of legislative behavior Kaare Strøm  6. Legislators and their Representational Roles: Strategic Choices or Habits of the Heart? Thomas Zittel  7. Party Dimensions of Representation in Westminster Parliaments: Australia, New Zealand and the United Kingdom Anika Gauja  8. Parliamentary roles of MPs in sharp and soft focus: Interviews and behavioral record compared Marcelo Jenny & Wolfgang C. Müller  9. Role Stability in the context of institutional and positional change Gabriella Ilonszki  10. The cognitive rationality of role choices: evidences from the European Parliament Julien Navarro  11. Conclusion Oliver Rozenberg & Magnus Blomgren

O autorze

Olivier Rozenberg is Associate Research Professor at Sciences Po (Paris) where he works in the Centre d'études européennes. Magnus Blomgren is a Senior Lecturer at the Department of Political Science at Umeå University, Sweden.