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1 online resource (305 pages) |
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Routledge/ECPR Studies in European Political Science |
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Routledge/ECPR studies in European political science.
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Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; List of contributors; Preface; 1 Governments and legislative agenda setting: an introduction; 2 Germany: limited government agenda control and strong minority rights; 3 France: systematic institutional advantage of government in lawmaking; 4 Italy: government alternation and legislative agenda setting; 5 United Kingdom: extreme institutional dominance by the executive ... most of the time; 6 Hungary: changing government advantages -- challenging a dominant executive |
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7 The Netherlands: legislative agenda setting and the politics of strategic lock-in8 Switzerland: agenda setting power of the government in a separation-of-powers framework; 9 Greece: government as the dominant player; 10 Spain: majoritarian choices, disciplined party government and compliant legislature; 11 Portugal: limited government and the influential role of parliament; 12 Russia: the executive in a leading role; 13 Denmark: agenda control and veto rights to opposition parties; 14 Norway: institutionally weak governments and parliamentary voting on bills |
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15 Japan: decades of partisan advantages impeding cabinet's agenda setting power16 Conclusion; Index |
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Setting the agenda for parliament is the most significant institutional weapon for governments to shape policy outcomes, because governments with significant agenda setting powers, like France or the UK, are able to produce the outcomes they prefer, while governments that lack agenda setting powers, such as the Netherlands and Italy in the beginning of the period examined, see their projects significantly altered by their Parliaments. With a strong comparative framework, this coherent volume examines fourteen countries and provides a detailed investigation into the mechanisms by which |
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Print version record |
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Political planning -- Europe
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Representative government and representation -- Europe
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Legislation -- Europe
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Comparative government.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Essays.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- General.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- National.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Reference.
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Comparative government.
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Legislation.
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Political planning.
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Representative government and representation.
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Europe.
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Tsebelis, George
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| ISBN |
9781136870460 |
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1136870466 |
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