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Record Nr.

UNINA9910157835003321

Titolo

Parliaments and government formation : unpacking investiture rules

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford : , : Oxford University Press, , 2015

ISBN

0-19-180928-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource : illustrations (black and white)

Disciplina

320

Soggetti

Legislative bodies

Parliamentary practice

Political development

Representative government and representation

Political Institutions & Public Administration - General

Government - General

Law, Politics & Government

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Investiture rules and government formation / Bjørn Erik Rasch, Shane Martin, and José Antonio Cheibub -- Parliament and government formation in the United Kingdom : a hidden vote of investiture? / Alexandra Kelso -- Changing investiture rules in Belgium / Audrey André, Sam Depauw, and Kris Deschouwer -- Investiture rules in Germany : stacking the deck against minority governments / Steffen Ganghof and Christian Stecker -- A rule for all seasons? Investiture and government formation in Hungary / Péter Horváth -- Progressive ambition : the role of the European parliament in appointing the European Commission / Fabio Sozzi -- Government formation in Ireland : learning to live without a majority party / Shane Martin -- Government formation in Italy : the challenge of bicameral investiture / Federico Russo -- Why minority governments in Spain ? How the party system undermines investiture rules / Natalia Ajenjo -- Investiture rules and minority governments in Poland / Radoslaw Zubek -- Changing investiture rules in the Czech Republic / Robert Zbíral -- Strong investiture rules and minority governments in Romania / Cristina Chiva -- Parliamentary investiture rules in Portugal's semi-



presidential democracy / Cristina Leston-Bandeira and Jorge M. Fernandes -- Weak investiture rules and the emergence of minority governments in Sweden / Helena Wockelberg -- Parliamentary parties in the Netherlands : informal investiture behind closed doors / André Krouwel and Jelle Koedam -- Government investiture in India : formal rules and informal practices / Csaba Nikolenyi -- France : excluding parliament from government formation / Iris Nguyên-Duy -- Hire or fire? The link between cabinet investiture and removal in parliamentary democracies / Ulrich Sieberer -- Investiture rules unpacked / Bjørn Erik Rasch, Shane Martin, and José Antonio Cheibub.

Sommario/riassunto

This volume explores the role of national legislatures in shaping government formation in parliamentary regimes.