Parliamentary party groups in European democracies : political parties behind closed doors / / edited by Knut Heidar and Ruud Koole

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910809441203321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2000
• ISBN: 1-280-11095-3; 0-203-16569-1; 1-134-59476-3; 1-134-59475-5
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (320 p.)
• Collana: Routledge/ECPR studies in European political science ; ; 13
• Altri autori (Persone): HeidarKnut <1949->; KooleR. A
• Disciplina: 324.2/094
• Soggetti: Political parties - Europe; Political science
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [271]-289) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; List of contributors; Series editor's preface; Introduction: representative democracy and parliamentary party groups; Approaches to the study of parliamentary party groups; Bureaucratisation, coordination and competition: parliamentary party groups in the German Bundestag; The United Kingdom: exerting influence from within; Parliamentary parties in the French Fifth Republic; Not yet the locus of power: parliamentary party groups in Austria; Fractiocracy?: limits to the ascendancy of the parliamentary party group in Dutch politics; PPGs in Belgium: subjects of partitocratic dominion A power centre in Danish politics; Parliamentary party groups in the Swedish Riksdag; The partyness of the Finnish Eduskunta; The limits of whips and watchdogs: parliamentary parties in the Czech Republic; Parliamentary party groups in Slovakia; Parties and parliamentary party groups in the making: Hungary, 1989 1997; Second-rate parties?: towards a better understanding of the European Parliament's party groups; Parliamentary party groups compared; Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: The partisan groups in parliament form the link between mass suffrage, ; parties and parliaments, and are generally accepted today as necessary instruments of parliamentary business. Parliamentary party groups are central actors in most European democracies. This volume analyses the manifestations and operations of these actors across thirteen different countries and in the European parliament.