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The Scottish Parliament : a Scandinavian-style assembly?

Title
The Scottish Parliament : a Scandinavian-style assembly? / David Arter.
Author
Arter, David.
Publication
London ; Portland, OR : Frank Cass, ©2004.

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Description
xiii, 298 pages; 23 cm.
Series Statement
The library of legislative studies, 1460-9649
Uniform Title
Library of legislative studies
Subject
  • Scotland. Parliament > Committees
  • Sweden. Riksdagen > Committees
  • Iceland. Alþingi > Committees
  • Iceland. Alþingi
  • Scotland. Parliament
  • Sweden. Riksdagen
  • Ecosse. Parliament (1999- ...) > Commissions
  • Suède. Riksdagen > Commissions
  • Islande. AlÞingi > Commissions
  • Committees
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
pt. I. The Scottish Parliamentary Committees: The Motor of a New Politics? -- Ch. 1. The Creation of a Scandinavian-style Parliament in Scotland -- Ch. 2. An Analytical Framework for the Comparative Study of Parliamentary Committee Systems -- Ch. 3. Hypothesising on the Legislative Capacity of the Scottish Committees -- Ch. 4. Leading the Scottish Committees: The Challenges of the Convenor's Role -- Ch. 5. The Scottish Committees at Work: Corporate or Permeable Bodies? -- Ch. 6. The Scottish Committees as the Motor of a 'New Politics' -- pt. II. The Standing Committees in a 'Bargaining Democracy': The Case of the Swedish Riksdag -- Ch. 7. The Challenges of Chairing a Swedish Riksdag Committee -- Ch. 8. The Riksdag Committees as Legislative Initiators -- Ch 9. The Deliberative Function of the Riksdag Committees: Engine Room or Record Office? -- Ch. 10. The Growing Investigative Capacity of the Riksdag Committees -- pt. III. 'Old Politics' in an Ancient Parliament? The Case of the Icelandic Althingi -- Ch. 11. The Challenge of Chairing the Althigi Committees -- Ch. 12. The Althingi Committees in Action: Towards a 'Committee Culture'? -- Ch. 13. Scotland: Towards a Scandinavian-style Parliamentarism?
ISBN
  • 0714655678
  • 9780714655673
LCCN
2003011801
OCLC
  • ocm52347757
  • 52347757
  • SCSB-1331148
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library