1st Edition
Parliamentary Committees in a Party-Centred Context Looking Behind the Scenes
By Tim Alexander Mickler
Copyright 2022
290 Pages
31 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
290 Pages
31 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
290 Pages
31 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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This book examines the working procedures of parliamentary party groups within specialised committees - the backstage but primary means for MPs to influence policy.
It explains which MPs specialise in particular policy areas, how they make policy choices in committees, and, subsequently, how these individual decisions are aggregated and ‘unified’ within and via parliamentary party groups. In... Read more
1. What this Book is About
2. A Review of Theories and Literature on Committees’ Roles and Purposes
3. Theoretical Framework. Congressional Rationales in a PPG-Centred Context
4. Analysing Structural Features of Committee Systems
5. Analysing Criteria to Select Committee Members
6. Committee Workings. What Can Committee Members Do?
7. Conclusion. Specialised Committees in Parliaments with Strong Parliamentary Party Groups
Biography
Tim Alexander Mickler is Assistant Professor at the Institute of Political Science, Leiden University, the Netherlands.
