Download or read book Parliamentary Committees in a Party Centred Context written by Tim Alexander Mickler and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2022-03-15 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the working procedures of parliamentary party groups within specialised committees - the backstage but primary means for MPs to influence policy. It explains which MPs specialise in particular policy areas, how they make policy choices in committees, and, subsequently, how these individual decisions are aggregated and ‘unified’ within and via parliamentary party groups. In doing so, the book expertly reveals the internal working procedures of parliaments and the role of individual MPs vis-á-vis the parliamentary party group leadership. Based on an analysis of more than 3,000 committee assignments and over 100 in-depth interviews with MPs, it shows that individual experts in committees have a central role and decision-making power which is more varied and decentralised from the leadership than commonly assumed. It demonstrates that most policy decisions are prepared bottom-up rather than dictated top-down and that parliamentary party groups are not strictly hierarchical organisations dominated by elites. This book will be of key interest to scholars and students of legislative and parliamentary studies, representative democracy, comparative politics, and journalists and practitioners within parliaments.

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Download or read book Parliamentary Committees in a Party Centered Context written by Tim Alexander Mickler and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2022 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book examines the working procedures of parliamentary party groups within specialized committees - the backstage but primary means for MPs to influence policy. It explains which MPs specialize in particular policy areas, how they make policy choices in committees and, subsequently, how these individual decisions are aggregated and 'unified' within and via parliamentary party groups. In doing so, the book expertly reveals the internal working procedures of parliaments and the role of individual MPs vis âa vis the parliamentary party group leadership. Based on an analysis of more than 3,000 committee assignments and over 100 in-depth interviews with MPs, it shows that individual experts in committees have a central role and decision-making power which is more varied and decentralized from the leadership than commonly assumed. It demonstrates that most policy decisions are prepared bottom-up rather than dictated top-down and that parliamentary party group are not strictly hierarchical organizations dominated by elites. This book will be of key interest to scholars and students of legislative and parliamentary studies, representative democracy, comparative politics, and journalists and practitioners within parliaments"--

Download or read book Parliamentary Committees in a Party Centred Context written by Tim Alexander Mickler and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2022-03-15 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the working procedures of parliamentary party groups within specialised committees - the backstage but primary means for MPs to influence policy. It explains which MPs specialise in particular policy areas, how they make policy choices in committees, and, subsequently, how these individual decisions are aggregated and ‘unified’ within and via parliamentary party groups. In doing so, the book expertly reveals the internal working procedures of parliaments and the role of individual MPs vis-á-vis the parliamentary party group leadership. Based on an analysis of more than 3,000 committee assignments and over 100 in-depth interviews with MPs, it shows that individual experts in committees have a central role and decision-making power which is more varied and decentralised from the leadership than commonly assumed. It demonstrates that most policy decisions are prepared bottom-up rather than dictated top-down and that parliamentary party groups are not strictly hierarchical organisations dominated by elites. This book will be of key interest to scholars and students of legislative and parliamentary studies, representative democracy, comparative politics, and journalists and practitioners within parliaments.

Download or read book The New Roles of Parliamentary Committees written by Davidson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012-11-12 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Parliaments had been expected to decline in significance at the end of the 20th century, but instead they have developed new and vital political roles and have innovated their institutional structure in parliamentary committees, not only in a few parliaments, but as a global phenomenon.

Download or read book Parliamentary Committees in the Policy Process written by Sven T. Siefken and published by Library of Legislative Studies. This book was released on 2023-05-31 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: List of figures -- List of tables -- List of contributors -- Investigating the role of parliamentary committees in the policy process / Sven T. Siefken and Hilmar Rommetvedt -- A black box that deserves more light: comparative findings on parliamentary committees in the policy process / Sven T. Siefken and Hilmar Rommetvedt -- Assess - to assist: a preliminary analysis of committees in Arab parliaments / Ali Sawi -- The role of parliamentary committees and legislative agreements in party bargaining during minority government in Denmark / Flemming Juul Christiansen and Henrik Jensen -- Committees in the Finnish Eduskunta: cross-party cooperation and legislative scrutiny behind closed doors / Tapio Raunio -- Twenty years of attempts at reforming committees: a tale of reforms missing the mark at the French National Assembly / Claire Bloquet -- No paradise of policy making: the role of parliamentary committees in the German Bundestag / Sven T. Siefken -- From 'a rubber stamp' to influencing policy: a critical view of committees in the parliament of Ghana / Ernest Darfour -- Parliamentary committees in the Hungarian Parliament: instruments of political parties and government agenda control / Csaba Nikolenyi -- Strength and weakness: legislative and oversight powers of the parliamentary committee system in Israel / Chen Friedberg -- Japan's unusual but interesting parliament committees: an arena and transformative model? / Ellis S. Krauss and Kuniaki Nemoto -- Exploring the gap between theory and practice in law-making and oversight by committees of the Nigerian National Assembly / Benjamin Ekeyi -- Norwegian parliamentary committees: split and sidelined in the policy process / Hilmar Rommetvedt -- Committees in a party-dominated parliament: the Spanish Congreso de los Diputados / Pablo Oñate and Bernabé Aldeguer -- Parliamentary committees in the Grand National Assembly of Turkey, 2002 to 2020 / Ömer Faruk Gençkaya -- The role of legislative committees in the policy process: The case of the Ukrainian parliament / Irina Khmelko, Oleksii Bruslyk and Liudmyla Vasylieva -- Still deviant? the development and reform of the UK House of Commons committee system, 1979 to present / Stephen Holden Bates, Louise Thompson, Mark Goodwin and Stephen McKay -- "Specially-commissioned minorities": committee governance and political parties in the United States Congress / Anne Marie Cammisa.

Download or read book Parliamentary Committees in the Policy Process written by Sven T. Siefken and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-08-19 with total page 317 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book sheds new light on the often shadowy, but essential role of committees, which exist in modern parliaments around the globe, and it questions the conventional notion that the ‘real’ work of parliament happens in committees. Renowned country specialists take a close look at what goes on in committees and how it matters for policy making. While committees are seen as the central place where policy is made, they often hold their sessions closed to the public and calls for transparency are growing. To understand this "black box" it is necessary to look within but also beyond the walls of the committee rooms and parliament buildings. Bringing together formal and informal aspects, rules and practices shows that committees are not a paradise of policy making. They have great relevance nonetheless: as crystallization points in the policy networks, as drivers for division of labor and for socialization and the integration of MPs. The new insights presented in this book will be of interest to scholars, students and professionals in parliamentary affairs, legislative studies, government, and comparative politics. They are also relevant for political analysts, journalists, and policymakers.

Download or read book The Politics of Legislative Debates written by Hanna Back and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2021-09-02 with total page 891 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Legislative debates make democracy and representation work. Political actors engage in legislative debates to make their voice heard to voters. Parties use debates to shore up their brand. This book makes the most comprehensive study of legislative debates thus far, looking at the politics of legislative debates in 33 liberal democracies in Europe, North America and Latin America, Africa, Asia, and Oceania. The book begins with theoretical chapters focused on the key concepts in the study of legislative debates. Michael Laver, Slapin and Proksch, and Taylor examine the politics of legislative debates in parliamentary and presidential democracies. Subsequently, Goplerud makes a critical review of the methodological challenges in the study of legislative debates. Schwalbach and Rauh further discuss the difficulties in the comparative empirical study of debates. Country-chapters offer a wealth of original material organized around structured sections. Each chapter begins with a details discussion of the institutional design, focusing on the electoral system, legislative organization, and party parties, to which a section on the formal and informal rules of legislative debates ensues. Next, each country chapter focuses on analyzing the determinants of floor access, with a particular emphasis on the role of gender, seniority, legislative party positions, among others. In the concluding chapter, the editors explore comparative patterns and point out to multiple research avenues opened by this edited volume. The Oxford Politics of Institutions series is designed to provide in-depth coverage of research on a specific political institution. Each volume includes a mix of theoretical contributions, state-of-the-art research review chapters, comparative empirical chapters, country case study chapters, and chapters aimed at practitioners. Typically, the majority of chapters in each volume comprises of country studies written by country experts. Volumes in the series are aimed at political scientists, students in political science programmes, social scientists more generally, and policy practitioners. Series editors: Shane Martin, Anthony King Chair in Comparative Government and Head of the Department of Government, University of Essex; and Sona N. Golder, Professor of Politics, Department of Political Science, Pennsylvania State University.

Download or read book Deliberative Accountability in Parliamentary Committees written by Cheryl Schonhardt-Bailey and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2022 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In recent decades, we have seen an explosion in expectations for greater accountability of public policymaking. But, as accountability has increased, trust in governments and politicians has fallen. By focusing on the heart of public accountability--the reason-giving by policymakers for their policy decisions (i.e. deliberative accountability)--this work offers an empirical route for understanding why more accountability may not always deliver more public trust. The focus is on the British Parliament, where both the Treasury Select Committee and the House of Lords Economic Affairs Committee hold hearings on monetary policy, financial stability, and fiscal policy. The intent in these hearings is to challenge policymakers to explain their decisions, and thus the dialogue is expected to be deliberative. But how do we judge the quality of this deliberative accountability? Three metrics are explored and measured: respect, non-partisanship, and reciprocity. The approach is multi-method, including (1) quantitative text analysis to gauge the verbatim transcripts in committee hearings; (2) qualitative coding combined with an experimental design to gauge the role of nonverbal communication in the hearings; and (3) interviews with the MPs, peers, central bankers, and Treasury officials who participated in the hearings. The first method measures the content of 'what' was said, the second examines 'how' the words and arguments were expressed, and the third provides a more reflective 'why' component by asking participants to explain their motivations. This merging of the 'what', the 'how', and the 'why' offers a novel template for studying both accountability and deliberation.

Download or read book The Northern Ireland Assembly written by Sean Haughey and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-09-08 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Northern Ireland’s power- sharing Assembly is understudied in the legislative studies literature. Having been suspended (or de facto suspended) for around 40% of its existence, conversation has tended to focus more on the wider political problems in which the Assembly has been enmeshed and less on its day-to-day functions as a legislature. This book is the first to examine how the Assembly fulfils the four core functions of a legislature: representation, linkage, scrutiny, and policy- making. Using Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs) as the primary unit of analysis, the book explores: who and how MLAs represent; their approach to cultivating links with constituents; their use of parliamentary scrutiny tools; and their contribution to law- making. The book grounds its analysis in original data sourced from elite interviews, surveys, parliamentary questions, legislation, and the Official Report of parliamentary proceedings. Readers will therefore be able to reflect on whether the Assembly’s (often poor) reputations comport with empirical realities. This book contributes to debates in the legislative studies and consociational power- sharing literatures, and will be of interest to students and scholars of parliaments, devolution, and Northern Ireland politics.

Download or read book Parliamentary Committees written by and published by Routledge. This book was released on 1999 with total page 187 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In twenty years, the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association has organized six study groups of members of Commonwealth Parliaments to discuss various topics of interest and importance and, in most cases, reports or books have been the outcome of these meetings. Following on from the 1995 CPA conference on Parliament and People - making democratic institutions more representative, responsible and relevant, the executive Committee of the CPA decided to establish another study group on the functioning of committees in Commonwealth Parliaments with a view to recommending ways in which committee systems can enhance the performance and public perception of Parliament and Parliamentarians. This volume is a compilation of the findings and recommendations of this study and is intended as a resource for students of Parliament, as well as practitioners of the art of politics throughout the Commonwealth.

Download or read book Governance and Politics of the Netherlands written by Rudy B. Andeweg and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2020-08-27 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The new fifth edition of this leading textbook provides a clear and comprehensive account of governance and politics in the Netherlands. The book has been revised throughout to provide full coverage of recent developments and events, including the latest proposals for constitutional reform. The Netherlands has often been characterized as a place of political calm, with a culture of cooperation and compromise in dealing with key political issues. Now, at a time when climate change and immigration are high on the political agenda, the electorate is growing ever more unpredictable and political fragmentation makes forming majority coalitions increasingly difficult, it is vital to question how the Dutch system will continue to achieve consensus. With this in mind, the authors take a comparative and analytical approach as they examine the features of the country's political system that have long made it a subject of study for political scientists. Governance and Politics of the Netherlands provides both students and scholars with a complete and reliable introduction to a country whose small size belies its importance in comparative political analysis. New to this Edition: - Fully revised and updated throughout to reflect the latest developments, events and issues. - Cites the most recent data sources (e.g. national election study and parliamentary study). - Discusses latest proposals for constitutional reform.

Download or read book The Political Representation of Immigrants and Minorities written by Karen Bird and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2010-10-06 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book breaks new ground in the analysis of the political representation of immigrants and visible minorities in European and North American democracies, focussing on voting, candiadate selection, political parties, and legislative behaviour.

Download or read book Central European Democracy and its Background written by Rudolf Schlesinger and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-08-21 with total page 421 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1998. This is volume IV of the library of Sociology 18 volume series on Political Sociology. This book is concerned with a particular type of social organisation and a particular stage in the development of certain countries, in central Europe.

Download or read book Relational Political Marketing in Party Centred Democracies written by Professor Helene P M Johansen and published by Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.. This book was released on 2013-04-28 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers a critical re-thinking of the way in which traditional market logic – derived from mainstream economics and managerial marketing – has for decades commonly been applied in the theoretical understanding of democratic politics within influential quarters of political science and in later years also the relatively new but rapidly expanding field of political marketing. Such approaches are founded on the assumption that all markets are driven exclusively by exchange dynamics and this has in turn rendered the most basic workings of co-production and participation-oriented party-centred political systems theoretically invisible. The author starts by providing a thorough and wide-ranging critical assessment of the theoretical underpinnings of the contemporary political marketing literature and its market-based political science antecedents. Using a relationship marketing perspective the author goes on to offer a re-conceptualisation of these political spheres in terms of 'markets' which addresses the theoretical inadequacies of prior research. She closes by examining some of the most important practical implications that this alternative approach to party-centred politics may have for the marketing efforts of contemporary membership parties. This book is essential reading to all those interested in party-centred politics and political marketing, as well as democratic theorists and students of political theory in general.

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