LEADER 03468nam 2200745 a 450 001 9910791919603321 005 20231211190057.0 010 $a1-84779-701-6 010 $a1-78170-248-9 010 $a1-84779-316-9 024 7 $a10.7765/9781847793164 035 $a(CKB)2560000000085818 035 $a(EBL)1069606 035 $a(OCoLC)818847344 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000712821 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12259414 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000712821 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10650603 035 $a(PQKB)11576123 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000085729 035 $a(OCoLC)1132666728 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse78045 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1069606 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10623368 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1069606 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4083759 035 $a(DE-B1597)659386 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781847793164 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000085818 100 $a20091030d2009 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aParliamentary reform at Westminster$b[electronic resource] /$fAlexandra Kelso 210 $aManchester ;$aNew York $cManchester University Press $cDistributed exclusively in the USA by Palgrave Macmillan$d2009 215 $a1 online resource (230 pages) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-7190-9118-7 311 $a0-7190-7675-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [201]-213) and index. 327 $a9780719076756; 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 330 $aThe 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 606 $aPOLITICAL SCIENCE / Comparative Politics$2bisacsh 607 $aGreat Britain$xPolitics and government$y20th century 610 $aHouse of Commons. 610 $aHouse of Lords. 610 $aLabour Party. 610 $aWestminster. 610 $aconstitutional politics. 610 $aexecutive-legislative relations. 610 $ahereditary peers. 610 $aparliamentary reform. 610 $apolitical actors. 615 7$aPOLITICAL SCIENCE / Comparative Politics. 676 $a328.410904 700 $aKelso$b Alexandra$01519009 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910791919603321 996 $aParliamentary reform at Westminster$93756873 997 $aUNINA