04327nam 2200721Ia 450 991081491930332120240912154550.01-282-26828-797866122682810-19-152297-X1-4237-6800-0(CKB)1000000000461438(EBL)3053486(OCoLC)67231261(SSID)ssj0000136292(PQKBManifestationID)11134389(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000136292(PQKBWorkID)10084704(PQKB)10699797(SSID)ssj0000086226(PQKBManifestationID)11122060(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000086226(PQKBWorkID)10029593(PQKB)11759900(Au-PeEL)EBL4964877(CaONFJC)MIL226828(OCoLC)1024286857(MiAaPQ)EBC3053486(MiAaPQ)EBC4964877(EXLCZ)99100000000046143820040407d2003 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrDelegation and accountability in parliamentary democracies /edited by Kaare Str m, Wolfgang C. Muller, Torbjorn BergmanOxford Oxford University Press20031 online resource (783 p.)Comparative politicsDescription based upon print version of record.0-19-929160-8 Includes bibliographical references and index.""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""Counterpoints: Cognition, Memory, and LanguageRepresentative government and representationEuropeCross-cultural studiesLegislative bodiesEuropeRepresentative government and representationLegislative bodies321.8094Strm Kaare254549Muller Wolfgang C.1957-254548Bergman Torbjorn1031008MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910814919303321Delegation and Accountability in Parliamentary Democracies4054482UNINA