Parliamentary roles in modern legislatures

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Blomgren, Magnus, Rozenberg, Olivier( 1976-)
Language:English
Published: New York: Routledge, c2012.
Series:Routledge/ECPR studies in European political science; 78
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Legislative roles and legislative studies : the neo-institutionalist turning point
  • 3. The emergence and transformation of representative roles
  • 4. The consequences of representatives' role orientations : attitudes, behaviour, perceptions
  • 5. Roles as strategies : towards a logic of legislative behavior
  • 6. Legislators and their representational roles : strategic choices or habits of the heart?
  • 7. Party dimensions of representation in Westminster parliaments : Australia, New Zealand and the United Kingdom
  • 8. Parliamentary roles of MPs in sharp and soft focus : interviews and behavioral record compared
  • 9. Role stability in the context of institutional and positional change
  • 10. The cognitive rationality of role choices: evidences from the European Parliament
  • 11. Bringing parliamentary roles back in