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Record Nr.

UNINA9910777529903321

Autore

Strom Kaare

Titolo

Delegation and Accountability in Parliamentary Democracies [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, : Oxford University Press, UK, 2006

ISBN

1-282-26828-7

9786612268281

0-19-152297-X

1-4237-6800-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (783 p.)

Collana

Counterpoints: Cognition, Memory, and Language

Altri autori (Persone)

MullerWolfgang C. <1957->

BergmanTorbjorn

Disciplina

321.8094

Soggetti

Legislative bodies -- Europe

Representative government and representation -- Europe -- Cross-cultural studies

Government - General

Government - Non-U.S

Law, Politics & Government

Government - Europe

Political Institutions & Public Administration - General

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

""Contents""; ""List of Figures""; ""List of Tables""; ""List of Contributors""; ""I. INTRODUCTION AND THEORY""; ""1. Parliamentary Democracy: Promise and Problems""; ""2. Delegation and its Perils""; ""3. Parliamentary Democracy and Delegation""; ""II. SURVEY""; ""4. Democratic Delegation and Accountability: Cross-national Patterns""; ""5. Austria: Imperfect Parliamentarism but Fully-fledged Party Democracy""; ""6. Belgium: Delegation and Accountability under Partitocratic Rule""; ""7. Denmark: Delegation and Accountability in Minority Situations""

""8. Finland: Polarized Pluralism in the Shadow of a Strong President""""9. France: Delegation and Accountability in the Fifth Republic""; ""10. Germany: Multiple Veto Points, Informal Coordination, and Problems of



Hidden Action""; ""11. Greece: �Rationalizing� Constitutional Powers in a Post-dictatorial Country""; ""12. Iceland: A Parliamentary Democracy with a Semi-presidential Constitution""; ""13. Ireland: �O What a Tangled Web. . .��Delegation, Accountability, and Executive Power""; ""14. Italy: Delegation and Accountability in a Changing Parliamentary Democracy""

""15. Luxembourg: A Case of More �Direct� Delegation and Accountability""""16. The Netherlands: Rules and Mores in Delegation and Accountability Relationships""; ""17. Norway: Virtual Parliamentarism""; ""18. Portugal: Changing Patterns of Delegation and Accountability under the President�s Watchful Eyes""; ""19. Spain: Delegation and Accountability in a Newly Established Democracy""; ""20. Sweden: From Separation of Power to Parliamentary Supremacy�and Back Again?""; ""21. The United Kingdom: Still a Single �Chain of Command�? The Hollowing Out of the �Westminster Model�""

""III. ANALYSIS AND CONCLUSION""""22. Dimensions of Citizen Control""; ""23. Challenges to Parliamentary Democracy""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Z""