Parliament Today,9780719057953

Parliament Today

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ISBN13: 9780719057953
ISBN10: 0719057957
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2005-07-07
Publisher(s): Manchester University Press
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Summary

Parliament today examines parliamentary government in theory and practice. An introductory chapter places Parliament in its conceptual context. Succeeding chapters deal with Parliament's origins and development, its functions, and its relationship to democracy. The focus then shifts to the operation of Parliament - personnel, increasing professionalisation, organisation, its legislative and scrutiny roles, its relationship with the people, and with the government. A final chapter considers parliamentary reform - externally by changing the political system, internally by changing the way Parliament operates.

Author Biography

Michael Rush is Emeritus Professor of Politics at the University of Exeter.

Table of Contents

List of figures, boxes and tables viii
Foreword xiii
Acknowledgements xiv
1 Parliament in context
1(25)
2 The origins and development of Parliament
26(31)
3 The functions of Parliament
57(14)
4 Parliament and democracy
71(25)
5 The personnel of Parliament
96(17)
6 The professionalisation of Parliament
113(24)
7 The organisation of business
137(29)
8 The legislative role
166(36)
9 The scrutiny role
202(39)
10 Parliament and the people 241(27)
11 Parliament and the government 268(20)
12 Reforming Parliament 288(27)
Sources and further reading 315(13)
Index 328

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