The uneasy relationships between parliamentary members and leaders / editors, Lawrence D. Longley, Reuven Y. Hazan.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Longley, Lawrence D.

Hazan, Reuven Y., 1962-

Series:

Library of legislative studies 1460-9649

Library of legislative studies, 1460-9649

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Legislators.

Legislative bodies--Leadership.

Legislative bodies.

Physical Description:

341 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

London, England ; Portland, OR : Frank Cass, 2000.

Contents:

On the Uneasy, Delicate, yet Necessary Relationships between Parliamentary Members and Leaders / Lawrence D. Longley, Reuven Y. Hazan 1

What Can an Individual MP Do in German Parliamentary Politics? / Werner J. Patzelt 23

The Individual Member in the British House of Commons: Facing both Ways and Marching Forward / Philip Norton 53

From Committee Government to Party Government: Changing Opportunities for Amendment Sponsors in the US House of Representatives, 1945-98 / John E. Owens 75

The Individual Parliamentary Member and Institutional Change: The Changing Role of the New Zealand Member of Parliament / Fiona Barker, Stephen Levine 105

Parliamentary Members and Leaders as Agents of Reform: Parliamentary and Regime Change Revisited / Lawrence D. Longley, Taylor M. Hoffman 131

The Office of Speaker in Comparative Perspective / Stanley Bach 209

The Keys to Togetherness: Coalition Agreements in Parliamentary Democracies / Kaare Strom, Wolfgang C. Muller 255

Dilemmas and Opportunities of Legislative Leadership in a Non-Parliamentary System: The US Case / Barbara Sinclair 283

Yes, Institutions Matter: The Impact of Institutional Reform on Parliamentary Members and Leaders in Israel / Reuven Y. Hazan 303.

Notes:

"First appeared in a special issue of Journal of legislative studies (ISSN 1357-2334), vol. 5, nos. 3-4 (Autumn/Winter 1999)"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

071465095

0714681105

OCLC:

42866245