Delegation and accountability in parliamentary democracies / / edited by Kaare Str m, Wolfgang C. Muller, Torbjorn Bergman

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910814919303321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 2003
• ISBN: 1-282-26828-7; 9786612268281; 0-19-152297-X; 1-4237-6800-0
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (783 p.)
• Collana: Comparative politics
• Altri autori (Persone): StrmKaare; MullerWolfgang C. <1957->; BergmanTorbjorn
• Disciplina: 321.8094
• Soggetti: Representative government and representation - Europe; Legislative bodies - Europe
• 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 and index.
• 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: â€?Rationalizingâ€? Constitutional Powers in a Post-dictatorial Country""; ""12. Iceland: A Parliamentary Democracy with a Semi-presidential Constitution""; ""13. Ireland: â€?O What a Tangled Web. . .â€?â€?Delegation, Accountability, and Executive Power""; ""14. Italy: Delegation and Accountability in a Changing ; Parliamentary Democracy""; ""15. Luxembourg: A Case of More â€?Directâ€? 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 Presidentâ€?s Watchful Eyes""; ""19. Spain: Delegation and Accountability in a Newly Established Democracy""; ""20. Sweden: From Separation of Power to Parliamentary Supremacyâ€?and Back Again?""; ""21. The United Kingdom: Still a Single â€?Chain of Commandâ€?? The Hollowing Out of the â€?Westminster Modelâ€?""; ""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""