Parliamentary roles in modern legislatures

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Bibliographic Details
Group Author: Rozenberg Olivier 1976-; Blomgren Magnus
Published: Routledge,
Publisher Address: London New York
Publication Dates: 2012.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Series: Routledge/ECPR studies in European political science ; 78
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Carrier Form: xxvii, 237 p.: ill. ; 24 cm.
ISBN: 9780415575683 (hbk.)
0415575680 (hbk.)
9780203126493 (ebook)
0203126491 (ebook)
Index Number: D750
CLC: D750.23
Call Number: D750.23/P252
Contents: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- Legislative roles and legislative studies: the neo-institutionalist turning point -- The emergence and transformation of representative roles -- The consequences of representatives: role orientations: attitudes, behaviour, perceptions -- Roles as strategies: towards a logic of legislative behavior -- Legislators and their representational roles: strategic choices or habits of the heart? -- Party dimensions of representation in Westminster parliaments: Australia, New Zealand and the United Kingdom -- Parliamentary roles of MPs in sharp and soft focus: interviews and behavioral