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200 10$aParliamentary reform at Westminster /$fAlexandra Kelso
205   $a1st ed.
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
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610   $ahereditary peers.
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610   $apolitical actors.
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