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OverviewParliamentary party groups are central actors in most European democracies. This volume analyses the manifestations and operations of these actors across thirteen different countries and in the European parliament. The partisan groups in parliament form the link between mass suffrage, parties and parliaments, and are generally accepted today as necessary instruments of parliamentary business. The study of parliamentary party groups (PPGs) is connected with our understanding of liberal, representative democracy. Moreover, debates about the contempt and apathy towards contemporary politics and politicians, in which the alleged gap between voters and representatives, a decline in trust in the political elite, and complaints about partitocrazia prominently figure, have put PPGs in the limelight. How do MPs deal with the tension between being a representative of the people and a member of a political party? And how do they fulful their task to control government when fellow partisans are participating in that government? This book reveals that PPGs have increasing importance. The 'parliamentary party complexes', resulting from the growing generosity of the state, and the constant stream of changing policy issues in modern politics, put the PPG more and more in a position to dominate the external party organisation. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Knut Heidar , Ruud KoolePublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Imprint: Routledge Volume: No.13 Dimensions: Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.40cm , Length: 23.40cm Weight: 0.635kg ISBN: 9780415223362ISBN 10: 0415223369 Pages: 320 Publication Date: 16 December 1999 Audience: College/higher education , General/trade , Tertiary & Higher Education , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsIntroduction: representative democracy and parliamentary party groups Knut Heidar and Ruud Koole Chapter 1. Approaches to the study of parliamentary party groups Knut Heidar and Ruud Koole Chapter 2. Bureaucratisation, co-ordination and competition: parliamentary party groups in the German Bundestag Thomas Saalfeld Chapter 3. The United Kingdom: exerting influence from within Philip Norton Chapter 4. Parliamentary parties in the French fifth republic Jean-Louis Thiébault and Bernard Dolez Chapter 5. Not yet the locus of power: parliamentary party groups in Austria Wolfgang C. Müller and Barbara Steininger Chapter 6. Fractiocracy? Limits to the ascendancy of the parliamentary party group in Dutch politicsChapter 7. PPGs in Belgium: subjects of partititocratic dominion Lieven de Winter and Patrick Dumont Chapter 8. A power centre in Danish politics Lars Bille Chapter 9. Parliamentary party groups in the Swedish Riksdag Magnus Hagevi Chapter 10. The partyness of the Finnish Eduskunta Matti Wiberg Chapter 11. The limits of whips and watchdogs in the Czech Republic Petr Kopecky Chapter 12. Parliamentary party groups in Slovakia Darina Malová and Kevin Deegan Krause Chapter 13. Parties and parliamentary party groups in the making: Hungary 1989-1997 Gabriella Ilonszki Chapter 14. Second-rate parties? Towards a better understanding of the European parliament's party groups Tapio Raunio Chapter 15. Parliamentary party groups compared Knut Heidar and Ruud KooleReviews'the volume is highly instructive not only in enhancing the reader's knowledge about PPGs and their role in domestic arenas, but also by providing a stimulus to embark on the road of further research.' Political Studies '...this book singles out a very relevant problem, develops an accurate methodological frame, and discusses it in a fruitful way, by virtue of an uncommon amount of empirical evidence...is destined to provoke very favourable reactions among political scientists both for its findings and as a good example of comparative research.' Luca Verzichelli Acta Politica 2000/4 'the volume is highly instructive not only in enhancing the reader's knowledge about PPGs and their role in domestic arenas, but also by providing a stimulus to embark on the road of further research.' - Political Studies '...this book singles out a very relevant problem, develops an accurate methodological frame, and discusses it in a fruitful way, by virtue of an uncommon amount of empirical evidence...is destined to provoke very favourable reactions among political scientists both for its findings and as a good example of comparative research.' Luca Verzichelli Acta Politica 2000/4 ...this book singles out a very relevant problem, developes an accurate methodological frame, and discusses it in a fruitful way Luca Verzichelli Acta Politica 2000/4, Vol 35 'the volume is highly instructive not only in enhancing the reader's knowledge about PPGs and their role in domestic arenas, but also by providing a stimulus to embark on the road of further research.' Political Studies '...this book singles out a very relevant problem, develops an accurate methodological frame, and discusses it in a fruitful way, by virtue of an uncommon amount of empirical evidence...is destined to provoke very favourable reactions among political scientists both for its findings and as a good example of comparative research.' Luca Verzichelli Acta Politica 2000/4 <p>'the volume is highly instructive not only in enhancing the reader's knowledge about PPGs and their role in domestic arenas, but also by providing a stimulus to embark on the road of further research.'<p>Political Studies<p>'...this book singles out a very relevant problem, develops an accurate methodological frame, and discusses it in a fruitful way, by virtue of an uncommon amount of empirical evidence...is destined to provoke very favourable reactions among political scientists both for its findings and as a good example of comparative research.' <p>Luca Verzichelli Acta Politica 2000/4<p> Author InformationKnut Heidar, Ruud Koole Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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