Parliamentary roles in modern legislatures
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Group Author: | ; |
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Routledge,
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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 |