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Record Nr.

UNINA9910739430203321

Autore

Palonen Kari

Titolo

Parliamentary Thinking : Procedure, Rhetoric and Time / / by Kari Palonen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2019

ISBN

3-319-90533-3

Edizione

[1st ed. 2019.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (279 pages)

Collana

Rhetoric, Politics and Society

Disciplina

321.8043

Soggetti

Political theory

Democracy

Great Britain—Politics and government

Political science

Political Theory

British Politics

Governance and Government

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

1. Parliamentary politics as an activity -- 2. Thinking parliamentary politics as an ideal type -- 3. Parliamentary procedure: politics of dissensus -- 4. Deliberative rhetoric of parliamentary debate -- 5. Politics of parliamentary government -- 6. Parliamentary actors as politicians -- 7. Parliamentary time as a medium of politics -- 8. Degrees of acting parliamentarily -- 9. Chances for parliamentary politics today.

Sommario/riassunto

The parliamentary style of politics has been formed over centuries; nobody theorised it in advance. This book presents a thought experiment to spell out key principles of the parliamentary ideal type of politics. Max Weber offers the main intellectual inspiration, Westminster parliament provides the main historical reference and the author’s studies on parliamentary procedure and rhetoric provide the background for the book. Parliamentary acting and thinking offer us the best example of politics as a contingent and controversial activity. Using a parliamentary imagination, the author constructs the ideal type



in five main chapters: dissensual modes of proceeding; rhetoric of parliamentary debate; parliamentary formation and control of government; parliamentarians as politicians; and parliamentary time as their common subtext. In the last two chapters, the book outlines the possibilities of extending parliamentary judgment to politics beyond parliaments proper and the chances for parliamentary politics succeeding today.