Working Papers on Comparative Legislative Studies
Author : Lawrence D. Longley
Publisher :
Page : 474 pages
File Size : 13,48 MB
Release : 1994
Category : Comparative government
ISBN :
The New Roles of Parliamentary Committees
Author : Roger H. Davidson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 29,63 MB
Release : 2012-11-12
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1136320865
Book Description
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.
The Uneasy Relationships Between Parliamentary Members and Leaders
Author : Reuven Y. Hazan
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 42,6 MB
Release : 2014-04-04
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1135268452
Book Description
The bases of uneasy member-leadership relations, their manifestation and sometimes resolution, and the consequences of member-leadership tension to effective parliamentary performace and policy-making are considered in studies ranging from Germany to the US and New Zealand and globally.
Hungary
Author : Terry Cox
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 23,90 MB
Release : 2005-08-08
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1135777926
Book Description
Gábor Bátonyi analyzes Hungary's changing role and geopolitical position in Central Europe in the light of long-term historical developments. The book contains chapters on the country's economics, politics, society and the transition from Communist state to democracy.
Parliaments and Governments in Western Europe
Author : Philip Norton
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 37,84 MB
Release : 1998
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780714648330
Book Description
Draws together a team of nine country specialists to analyze parliamentary government in Western Europe. The contributors explore the parliaments of Britain, Germany, Italy, Belgium, Ireland, Portugal, and the EU. Concludes with a chapter that examines the volume's two theses: that the type of legislature in each country is determined by institutional environment; and that members of the legislature can make some difference to the capacity of the institution to constrain the executive. Distributed by ISBS. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Israel and Europe
Author : Klaus Boehnke
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 231 pages
File Size : 42,30 MB
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 3322812626
Book Description
This volume - a collaborative effort between The Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Saxonian universities - is a source book for students and researchers of European Studies. Its scope is interdisciplinary and incorporates contributions from social psychology, international relations, economics, political science, and sociology.
Development Aid in Stable Democracies and Fragile States
Author : A. H. Monjurul Kabir
Publisher : Springer
Page : 251 pages
File Size : 18,62 MB
Release : 2018-07-21
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 3319921746
Book Description
This book is based on experience and reflections related to international support provided to parliaments and legislative bodies both in selected countries (Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Ghana, Serbia, and Kyrgyzstan) and globally. The author intends to provide a critique of parliamentary support, as part of development assistance or foreign aid, for having been conceived in narrow terms of technical assistance and for failing to appreciate that aid effectiveness calls for a sound understanding of a country’s politics, culture, and history. The monograph examines the effectiveness of aid in both stable democracies, and fragile and transition countries. The project is ideal for audiences interested in regional politics, the Middle East, Africa, South Asia, Central Asia, and development/democracy studies.
Resolving Regional Conflicts
Author : Roger E. Kanet
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 27,41 MB
Release : 1998
Category : History
ISBN : 9780252066719
Book Description
The end of the cold war has not meant an end to conflict around the world. Disagreements still exist, and discord continues to erupt into battles. In Resolving Regional Conflicts, twelve scholars present a broad introduction to the issue of discord within and between nations, exploring models by which emerging security problems can be analyzed and looking at specific conflicts and the ways they are being handled.
Southern European Parliaments in Democracy
Author : Cristina Leston-Bandeira
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 15,74 MB
Release : 2015-04-24
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1136828427
Book Description
Southern European Parliaments in Democracy analyses the development of the parliaments of Greece, Italy, Portugal, Spain and Turkey since the mid-1980s. This book considers the challenges of the transition to democracy and outlines how the Parliaments of Southern Europe have adapted to the pressures of a democratic polity. Its focus is an assessment of the main changes that have taken place since the periods of transition to democracy right up to the present day. Chapters are country specific and consider a variety of indicators, from legislation and scrutiny to the social background of MPs. This book was previously published as a special issue of the Journal of Legislative Studies.
The Scottish Parliament
Author : David Arter
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 29,35 MB
Release : 2004-06-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1135768757
Book Description
This book is unique in analysing the new Scottish Parliament from a systematically comparative perspective. Its basic premise is that since devolution in 1999 Scotland can be considered a Scandinavian-style democracy with several features of a Scandinavian-style parliament. The basic research question, therefore, is: 'Has the Scottish Parliament in its first four-year term manifested a Scandinavian-style politics in the sense that there has been a high incidence of inter-party negotiation within Parliament?' The architects of the Scottish Parliament saw the committees as the motor of a 'new politics' and gave them extensive powers. Outside Austria, only the Swedish and Icelandic committees have comparable powers. Accordingly, the study sets out to describe and analyse the workings of the committees in the Scottish, Swedish and Icelandic Parliaments. The concluding chapter also discusses the operation of the Danish, Finnish and Norwegian committees.
