UID:
almahu_9949385534702882
Format:
1 online resource :
,
illustrations.
ISBN:
9781003147190
,
1003147194
,
9781000549829
,
1000549828
,
1000549887
,
9781000549881
Series Statement:
Library of legislative studies
Content:
"This book examines the working procedures of parliamentary party groups within specialized committees - the backstage but primary means for MPs to influence policy. It explains which MPs specialize in particular policy areas, how they make policy choices in committees and, subsequently, how these individual decisions are aggregated and 'unified' within and via parliamentary party groups. In doing so, the book expertly reveals the internal working procedures of parliaments and the role of individual MPs vis á vis the parliamentary party group leadership. Based on an analysis of more than 3,000 committee assignments and over 100 in-depth interviews with MPs, it shows that individual experts in committees have a central role and decision-making power which is more varied and decentralized from the leadership than commonly assumed. It demonstrates that most policy decisions are prepared bottom-up rather than dictated top-down and that parliamentary party group are not strictly hierarchical organizations dominated by elites. This book will be of key interest to scholars and students of legislative and parliamentary studies, representative democracy, comparative politics, and journalists and practitioners within parliaments"--
Note:
1. What this Book is About 2. A Review of Theories and Literature on Committees' Roles and Purposes 3. Theoretical Framework. Congressional Rationales in a PPG-Centred Context 4. Analysing Structural Features of Committee Systems 5. Analysing Criteria to Select Committee Members6. Committee Workings. What Can Committee Members Do?7. Conclusion. Specialised Committees in Parliaments with Strong Parliamentary Party Groups
Additional Edition:
Print version: Mickler, Tim Alexander. Parliamentary committees in a party-centred context Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2022 ISBN 9780367706128
Language:
English
Keywords:
Electronic books.
DOI:
10.4324/9781003147190
URL:
https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9781003147190
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