Parliamentary roles in modern legislatures / / edited by Magnus Blomgren and Olivier Rozenberg

• Pubblicazione: Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2012
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (265 p.)
• Disciplina: 328
• Soggetto topico: Legislators; Legislators - Europe; Legislative bodies - Europe; Representative government and representation
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: BlomgrenMagnus RozenbergOlivier <1976->
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front Cover; Parliamentary Roles in Modern Legislatures; Copyright Page; Contents; List of figures and tables; List of contributors; Foreword: Donald D. Searing; Preface; 1. Introduction: Magnus Blomgren and Olivier Rozenberg; Questioning roles; Outline of the book; References; 2. Legislative roles and legislative studies: the neo-institutionalist turning point?: Magnus Blomgren and Olivier Rozenberg; The legacy of research on legislative roles in political science; Donald Searing's motivational approach; Kaare Strøm's strategic approach; Conclusion; References ; 3. The emergence and transformation of representative roles: Heinrich Best and Lars VogelHow to measure representatives' roles; Does social and political background matter? Determinants of legislative role-perceptions; Legislative roles: stability and change; Conclusion; References; 4. The consequences of representatives' role orientations: attitudes, behaviour, perceptions: Rudy B. Andeweg; Representatives' roles: defining the independent variable; The consequences: defining the dependent variable; Data; Cynicism about citizens; Contacting civil society; Knowing what their voters want ; DiscussionReferences; 5. Roles as strategies: towards a logic of legislative behavior: Kaare Strøm; Introduction; Parliamentary roles as strategies; Legislators' preferences; Candidate selection; Election; Party office; Legislative office; Conclusion; References; 6. Legislators and their representational roles: strategic choices or habits of the heart?: Thomas Zittel; Legislators and the types of roles they play; Two approaches to explaining representational roles from a micro-level perspective; Case selection, data, and hypotheses ; Representational roles, party organizational careers, and electoral incentives in the German BundestagConclusion and discussion; References; 7. Party dimensions of representation in Westminster parliaments: Australia, New Zealand and the United Kingdom: Anika Gauja; Legislative roles and political parties; Research hypotheses and methods; What do surveys reveal about role perceptions in Westminster parliaments?; Interview evidence; Dealing with conflicts in the representative role; Party influences on practical aspects of decision-making; Conclusions: the party dimensions of representation ; References8. Parliamentary roles of MPs in sharp and soft focus: interviews and behavioural record compared: Marcelo Jenny and Wolfgang C. Müller; Theory: roles and types of MPs; Research design and data; Parliamentary activities: the MPs' perspective; Parliamentary activities: objective data; A typology of MPs derived from behavioural data; Comparing the perspective of MPs with their behaviour; Conclusion; References; 9. Role stability in the context of institutional and positional change: Gabriella Ilonszki; Introduction: the aims and context of this exploration ; Learning roles in the context of expectations and new institutions
• Sommario/riassunto: This book gathers the most influential authors on role research and legislative studies to examine the different roles that MPs are playing in modern-day legislatures. It provides a comprehensive and critical overview of current research on legislative roles, summarises previous research, presents a large variety of methodological approaches and also explores the latest developing approaches to role theory.The concept of political roles has become increasingly relevant for understanding contemporary political systems. Parliamentary, legislative and representative roles are pro
• Titolo autorizzato: Parliamentary roles in modern legislatures
• ISBN: 1-283-45852-7; 9786613458520; 1-136-45642-2; 0-203-12649-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910461535303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Routledge/ECPR studies in European political science.