1st Edition
British and French Parliaments in Comparative Perspective
By Gerhard Loewenberg
Copyright 1971
190 Pages
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Routledge
186 Pages
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Routledge
186 Pages
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Routledge
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The representative assembly, or parliament, as it is most widely called, is at once an old, a ubiquitous, and a controversial political institution. In this century it has attracted the criticism of both disillusioned democrats and true believers in the superior representatives of mass movements or of charismatic leaders. Even among its supporters the institution is constantly the object of... Read more
PrefaceThe Role of Parliaments in Modern Political Systems -- Gerhard Loewenberg 1: The Decline of Legislatures -- James Bryce 2: Reform of the House of Commons: The Case for Specialization -- John P. Mackintosh 3: Reform of the Bundestag: The Case for General Debate -- Wilhelm Hennis 4: Parliament under the Fifth French Republic: Difficulties of Adapting to a New Role -- Francois Goguel 5: Parliament under the Fifth French Republic: Patterns of Executive Domination -- Philip Williams 6: Parliament and Nation-Building: England and India -- Henry C. Hart 7: Policy Demands and System Support: The Role of the Represented -- John C. Wahlke For Further Reading Index
Biography
Gerhard Loewenberg
