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Beyond Westminster and Congress : the Nordic experience
- Title
- Beyond Westminster and Congress : the Nordic experience / edited by Peter Esaiasson, Knut Heidar.
- Publication
- Columbus : Ohio State University Press, ©2000.
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- Description
- xii, 506 pages : illustrations; 25 cm.
- Summary
- This text begins by setting the Scandinavian parliaments in their historical and national settings. It goes on to analyse political representation, parliamentary organization, parliamentary decision-making and considers the relations between the national parliaments and the larger European setting.
- Series Statement
- Parliaments and legislatures series
- Uniform Title
- Parliaments and legislatures series
- Subject
- Legislative bodies > Scandinavia
- Representative government and representation > Scandinavia
- Comparative government
- comparative politics
- Legislative bodies
- Representative government and representation
- Gesetzgebende Gewalt
- Internationaler Vergleich
- Parlamentarismus
- Repräsentative Demokratie
- Scandinavia
- Nordische Staaten
- Skandinavien
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 457-481) and index.
- Contents
- The age of representative democracy / Peter Esaiasson and Knut Heidar -- Five most similar systems? / Knut Heidar with Erik Damgaard [and others] -- How members of parliament define their task / Peter Esaiasson -- Does social background matter? / Hanne Marthe Narud and Henry Valen -- Geography and political representation / Henry Valen, Hanne Marthe Narud, and Ólafur Th. Hardarson -- Representing women / Lena Wängnerud -- Issue agreement / Sören Holmberg -- Parliamentary party groups / Knut Heidar -- Party cohesion / Torben K. Jensen -- Nordic light on committee assignments / Magnus Hagevi -- Parliament and government / Erik Damgaard -- Might and right : views of power in society / Ólafur Th. Hardarson -- International networking / Martin Brothén -- Parliaments' adaptation to the European Union / Tapio Raunio and Matti Wiberg -- What kind of future and why? Attitudes of voters and representatives / Hanne Marthe Narud and Henry Valen -- Risk perceptions among members of parliament : economy, ecology, and social order / Torben K. Jensen -- Learning from the Nordic experience / Peter Esaiasson and Knut Heidar.
- ISBN
- 0814208398
- 9780814208397
- 0814250424
- 9780814250426
- LCCN
- 99050071
- OCLC
- ocm42476792
- 42476792
- SCSB-1035028
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library