This collection deals with the place of parliamentary politics in democracy. Apparently a truism, parliamentarism is a missing research object in democratic theory and is a devalued institutional reference in democratic politics. Yet, the parliamentary culture of politics historically explains the rise and fall of modern democracies. In early 20th-century political thought, the relationships between democracy and parliamentarism were at the focus of the agenda. In the post-war era, the study of politics has taken the parliament for granted, meaning its analysis has been, on the whole, limited...