Parliaments and Pressure Groups in Western Europe

ISBN-13: 9780714648347 / Angielski / Twarda / 1999 / 200 str.

Philip Norton

Opis

Legislatures have one core defining function: that of giving assent to measures that, by virtue of that assent, are to be binding on society. In practice, they have usually performed other roles as well, such as debating measures or the conduct of public affairs. They have existed for centuries. They span the globe. Most countries have one; federal states have several. Commentators throughout the 20th century have bemoaned the decline of legislatures, yet the number shows no sign of declining; if anything, the reverse and their prominence has increased in the 1990s because of developments in central and eastern Europe.

Spis treści

Chapter 1 Introduction:Putting Pressure on Parliaments, Philip Norton; Chapter 2 The United Kingdom: Parliament Under Pressure, Philip Norton; Chapter 3 Germany: Bundestag and Interest Groups in a ‘Part y Democracy’, Thomas Saalfeld; Chapter 4 Parliament and Pressure Groups in Italy, Vincent Della Sala; Chapter 5 Belgium: Insider Pressure Groups in an Outsider Parliament, Lieven De Winter; Chapter 6 The Netherlands: Parliamentary Part ies Rival with Pressure Groups, M.EC.M. Van Schendelen; Chapter 7 Parliaments and Pressure Groups: The Irish Experience of Change, Eunan O'halpin, Eileen Connolly; Chapter 8 The European Parliament: Getting the House in Order, Mark E Shephard; Chapter 9 Conclusion: Conflicting Pressures, Philip Norton;

O autorze

Philip Norton