1.

Record Nr.

UNISALENTO991001218529707536

Autore

Talbert, Richard J. A., 1947-

Titolo

Rome's world : the Peutinger map reconsidered / Richard J.A. Talbert ; in association with Tom Elliott ; assisted by Nora Harris ... [et al.] ; with a contribution by Martin Steinmann

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge [etc.] : Cambridge University Press, 2010

ISBN

9780521764803 (hbk.)

0521764807 (hbk.)

Descrizione fisica

xviii, 357 p. : ill., c. geogr., ritr. ; 27 cm

Altri autori (Persone)

Elliott, Tom

Harris, Nora

Soggetti

Tabula Peutingeriana

Peutinger, Konrad, 1465-1547

Peutinger, Konrad, 1465-1547

Impero Romano Carte geografiche

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Con bibliografia (p. 333-345) e indice



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910965888303321

Autore

Kelso Alexandra

Titolo

Parliamentary reform at Westminster / / Alexandra Kelso

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Manchester ; ; New York, : Manchester University Press, : Distributed exclusively in the USA by Palgrave Macmillan, 2009

ISBN

9781847797018

1847797016

9781781702482

1781702489

9781847793164

1847793169

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (230 pages)

Disciplina

328.410904

Soggetti

POLITICAL SCIENCEĀ / Comparative Politics

Great Britain Politics and government 20th century

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. [201]-213) and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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