Parliament and parliamentarism : a comparative history of a European concept / edited by Pasi Ihalainen, Cornelia Ilie, and Kari Palonen.

New York : Berghahn Books, 2016.©2016

Ihalainen, Pasi. editor.

Ilie, Cornelia. editor.

Palonen, Kari, 1947- editor.

01-01-2016

xi, 327 pages ; 24 cm.

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volume

European conceptual history

European conceptual history.

327.4 PAR (Copy 1) MAIN-MONO 303936 INLIBRARY

Europe

Parliament

Parliaments

Comparative government

Legislative process

Responsible government

Political representation

Sovereignty

History

Overseas item

Legislative bodies -- Europe.

Representative government and representation -- Europe.

Legislative power -- Europe.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

9781782389552

Parliamentary theory, practices, discourses, and institutions constitute a distinctively European contribution to modern politics. Taking a broad historical perspective, this cross-disciplinary, innovative, and rigorous collection locates the essence of parliamentarism in four key aspects-deliberation, representation, responsibility, and sovereignty-and explores the different ways in which they have been contested, reshaped, and implemented in a series of representative national and regional case studies. As one of the first comparative studies in conceptual history, this volume focuses on debates about the nature of parliament and parliamentarism within and across different European countries, representative institutions, and genres of political discourse.

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