Title Parliaments in time : the evolution of legislative democracy in Western Europe, 1866-2015 / Michael Koß

Edition First edition Published Oxford ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2018 ©2018

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Description 1 online resource (xx, 306 pages) : illustrations Series Comparative politics Comparative politics (Oxford University Press) Contents Introduction: legislators in the steel-hard casing -- The analysis of talking and working legislatures -- A dynamic partisan perspective on procedural reform -- Procedural reforms and their context -- (Non- )departures from the legislative state of nature, 1866-1917 -- Pathways to path-dependence, 1918-90 -- Adaptations, 1991-2015 -- Conclusion: maintaining legislative democracy -- Appendix: procedural reforms -- References -- Index Summary This volume provides a comparative explanation of the institutional evolution of parliaments since the intensification of political competition in the last third of the 19th century Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on January 15, 2019) Subject Parliamentary practice -- Europe, Western -- History Legislative bodies -- Europe, Western -- Committees Legitimacy of governments -- Europe, Western POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- Legislative Branch. Parliamentary practice Legislative bodies -- Committees Legitimacy of governments Politics and government SUBJECT Europe, Western -- Politics and government. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh98008035 Subject Western Europe Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9780191821158 0191821152 9780191079542 0191079545

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