David Arter

The Scottish Parliament (eBook, ePUB)

A Scandinavian-Style Assembly?

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book is unique in analysing the new Scottish parliament from a systematically comparative perspective. Its basic premise is that since devolution in 1999, Scotland can be considered a Scandinavian-style democracy.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 160
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juni 2004
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781135768751
• Artikelnr.: 38403881

Autorenporträt

David Arter

Inhaltsangabe

PART I The Scottish Parliamentary Committees: The Motor of a New Politics?;
Chapter 1 The Creation of a Scandinavian-Style Parliament in Scotland;
Chapter 2 An Analytical Framework for the Comparative Study of
Parliamentary Committee Systems; Chapter 3 Hypothesising on the Legislative
Capacity of the Scottish Committees; Chapter 4 Leading the Scottish
Committees: The Challenges of the Convenor's Role; Chapter 5 The Scottish
Committees at Work: Corporate or Permeable Bodies?; Chapter 6 The Scottish
Committees as the Motor of a 'New Politics'; PART II The Standing
Committees in a 'Bargaining Democracy': The Case of the Swedish Riksdag;
Chapter 7 The Challenges of Chairing a Swedish Riksdag Committee; Chapter 8
The Riksdag Committees as Legislative Initiators; Chapter 9 The
Deliberative Function of the Riksdag Committees - Engine Room or Record
Office?; Chapter 10 The Growing Investigative Capacity of the Riksdag
Committees; PART III Old Politics' in an Ancient Parliament? the Case of
the Icelandic Althingi; Chapter 11 The Challenge of Chairing the Althingi
Committees; Chapter 12 The Althingi Committees in Action: Towards a
'Committee Culture'?; PART IV Conclusions; Chapter 13 Scotland: Towards a
Scandinavian-Style Parliamentarism?; Chapter 14 The Second Scottish
Parliament Election, 1 May 2003;