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Parliaments in time : the evolution of legislative democracy in Western Europe, 1866-2015
- Title
- Parliaments in time : the evolution of legislative democracy in Western Europe, 1866-2015 / Michael Koss.
- Author
- Koss, Michael
- Publication
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2018.
- ©2018
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Details
- Description
- xx, 306 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.
- Summary
- 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.
- Series Statement
- Comparative politics
- Uniform Title
- Comparative politics (Oxford University Press)
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-283) and index.
- Contents
- Introduction: legislators in the steel-hard casing -- The analysis of talking and working legislatures -- A dynamic partisan perspective on procedural reform -- Procedural reforms and their context -- (Non-)departures from the legislative state of nature, 1866-1917 -- Pathways to path-dependence, 1918-90 -- Adaptations, 1991-2015 -- Conclusion: maintaining legislative democracy.
- Call Number
- JFE 19-5147
- ISBN
- 9780198766919
- 0198766912
- LCCN
- 2018942361
- OCLC
- 1033531898
- Author
- Koss, Michael, author.
- Title
- Parliaments in time : the evolution of legislative democracy in Western Europe, 1866-2015 / Michael Koss.
- Publisher
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2018.
- Copyright Date
- ©2018
- Edition
- First edition.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- Comparative politicsComparative politics (Oxford University Press)
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-283) and index.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 19-5147