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Kelso Alexandra |
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Titolo |
Parliamentary reform at Westminster [[electronic resource] /] / Alexandra Kelso |
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Manchester ; ; New York, : Manchester University Press, : Distributed exclusively in the USA by Palgrave Macmillan, 2009 |
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ISBN |
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1-84779-701-6 |
1-78170-248-9 |
1-84779-316-9 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (230 pages) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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POLITICAL SCIENCE / Comparative Politics |
Great Britain Politics and government 20th century |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [201]-213) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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9780719076756; 9780719076756; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 Parliament and parliamentary reform; 2 Historical institutionalism and parliament; 3 Efficiency in the House of Commons 1900-97; 4 Efficiency in the House of Commons since 1997; 5 Effectiveness in the House of Commons 1900-97; 6 Effectiveness in the House of Commons since 1997; 7 Reform of the House of Lords 1900-97; 8 Reform of the House of Lords since 1997; 9 Understanding parliamentary reform; Bibliography; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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The Labour government elected in 1997 pledged to reform the Westminster parliament by modernising the House of Commons and removing the hereditary peers from the House of Lords. Events have consequently demonstrated the deep controversy that accompanies such attempts at institutional reconfiguration, and have highlighted the shifting fault-lines in executive-legislative relations in the UK, as well as the deep complexities surrounding British constitutional politics. The story of parliamentary reform is about the nature of the British political system, about how the government seeks to expand |
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