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Parliamentarism and Democratic Theory : Historical and Contemporary Perspectives.
The authors deal with the place of parliamentary politics in democracy. Apparently a truism, parliamentarism is in fact a missing research object in democratic theory, and a devalued institutional reference in democratic politics. Yet the parliamentary culture of politics historically explains the r...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Leverkusen-Opladen :
Barbara Budrich Publishers,
2015.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Parliamentarism and Democratic. Theory Historical and Contemporary Perspectives; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; List of Contributors; Introduction: The Theory and Practice of Parliamentary Democracy; Parliamentarism and Democratic Theory; Approaching Parliamentary Politics; The Changing Uses of Parliamentarism; Debating Democratic Theory and Performance; References; 1 How Women's Suffrage Was Devalued: The Burden of Analytical Categories and the Conceptual History of Democracy; Introduction; How Women's Suffrage Got Lost in Classes.
- Old and New Democracies in Studies of the Interwar Crisis of DemocracyOn Double Standards; On Anachronisms; Concluding Remarks; References; 2 Cambridge and Oxford Union Societies as Parliamentary Bodies: Legitimating Politics through the Adoption of the House of Commons Procedure; The Union Societies as 'Parliamentary Bodies'; Two Types of Union Debates; The Politics of Debate: Seeking Political Legitimacy Through Revision of the Rules; Conclusion; Primary Sources; Secondary Literature; 3 'Advanced Liberalism' and the Politics of Reform in Victorian Parliamentary Debates of the 1860s.
- A 'Small Band of Radicals': 'Advanced Liberalism' in Academic LiteratureReform and Political Stability: The Contested Meaning of'Advanced Liberalism'; The Janus Face of 'Advanced Liberalism'; Concluding Remarks; Primary Sources; Secondary Literature; 4 What Matters in Social Sciences and Political Debates: Max Weber's Contributions to Parliamentary Studies During World War I; Objectivity in Social Sciences: A Matter of Ongoing Controversy; Objectivity (Sachlichkeit) in Parliamentary Debates: A Matter of Responsibility; Selection of Political Leaders; Accountability of Political Leaders.
- ConclusionReferences; 5 Contrasting Complaints about Parliamentarism in Western Europe (1918-39); Introduction; Professional Politicians: An Incompetent and Untrustworthy Bunch; Parties with Too Much Power and Too Few Principles; Universal Suffrage: The Root of All Evil; An Inherently Flawed System; Conclusion; Primary Sources; Secondary Literature; 6 Parliamentary Oversight in Foreign Policy: The Momentum of the US Congress in the 1970s; Parliamentary Oversight in a Presidential System; The Correct Interpretation of the Constitution vs. Historical Precedents.
- The US Congress Move to Reassert its Powers in Foreign PolicyContinue the Momentum; Concluding Remarks; Primary Sources; Secondary Literature; 7 Can Deliberative Mini-Publics Improve the Quality of Democratic Decision-Making?; Introduction; Deliberation in Representative Bodies and its Obstacles; What Are Deliberative Mini-Publics?; When Should Deliberative Mini-Publics be Used?; Suggestions for Institutional Designs; Concluding Remarks; References; 8 Democracy and Compromise: Beyond a Deliberative Approach; Compromise: Basic Features.