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 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 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 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 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 Labour Party and Constitutional Reform written by P. Dorey and published by Springer. This book was released on 2008-06-17 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines the Labour Party's approach to constitutional reforms in historical context, and how these have been pursued more to 'modernize' political institutions, rather that radically transform them. Explains the reasons for this constitutional conservatism, and the debates which specific reform proposals have prompted in the Party.
Download or read book Context of Electoral Change in India written by Centre for the Study of Developing Societies and published by New Delhi, Academic Books. This book was released on 1969 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The European Parliament written by David Judge and published by Palgrave MacMillan. This book was released on 2003 with total page 355 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This broad-ranging text examines the political dynamic of the European Parliament within the developing European Union and sets it in the broader context of comparative legislative analysis. To this end the authors analyze the roles performed by the European Parliament as a "legislature;" its part in the EU's decision making process; and its contribution to crucial debates about democracy, legitimacy and the "parliamentarization" of the European Union.
Download or read book Parliament and Democracy in the Twenty first Century written by David Beetham and published by Inter-Parliamentary Union. This book was released on 2006 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Legislation at Westminster written by Meg Russell and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2017 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Westminster parliament is a highly visible political institution, and one of its core functions is approving new laws. Yet Britain's legislative process is often seen as executive-dominated, and parliament as relatively weak. As this book shows, such impressions can be misleading. Drawing on the largest study of its kind for more than forty years, Meg Russell and Daniel Gover cast new light on the political dynamics that shape the legislative process. They provide a fascinating account of the passage of twelve government bills - collectively attracting more than 4000 proposed amendments - through both the House of Commons and House of Lords. These include highly contested changes such as Labour's identity cards scheme and the coalition's welfare reforms, alongside other relatively uncontroversial measures. As well as studying the parliamentary record and amendments, the study draws from more than 100 interviews with legislative insiders. Following introductory chapters about the Westminster legislative process, the book focuses on the contribution of distinct parliamentary 'actors', including the government, opposition, backbenchers, select committees, and pressure groups. It considers their behaviour in the legislative process, what they seek to achieve, and crucially how they influence policy decisions. The final chapter reflects on Westminster's influence overall, showing this to be far greater than commonly assumed. Parliamentary influence is asserted in various different ways - ranging from visible amendments to more subtle means of changing government's behaviour. The book's findings make an important contribution to understanding both British politics and the dynamics of legislative bodies more broadly. Its readability and relevance will appeal to both specialists and general readers with interests in politics and law, in the UK and beyond.
Download or read book The Roles and Function of Parliamentary Questions written by Shane Martin and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-06-03 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Parliamentary questions are a feature of almost all national legislatures. Despite this, we know very little about how questions are used by MPs and what impact questions have on controlling the government. This volume advances our theoretical and empirical knowledge of the use of questioning in a number of different parliamentary settings. The propensity of parliamentarians to ask questions indicates that the interrogatories are an important tool for measuring an individual legislator’s job. Ultimately, how a parliamentarian chooses to use the questioning tool provides a unique insight into legislator behaviour and role orientation. Many of the chapters in this volume provide new empirical measures of legislator activity and use this data to provide new tests of leading theories of legislator behaviour. At an institutional level, questions provide an important source of information for the chamber and are a critical tool of government oversight – as many of the chapters in the volume indicate. Evidence of the impact of questions on executive and bureaucratic oversight challenges conventional views of parliaments as weak and ineffective parts of the political process. This book was published as a special issue of the Journal of Legislative Studies.
Download or read book Parliamentary Debates written by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 1106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
