312 Pages
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Routledge
312 Pages
by
Routledge
160 Pages
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Routledge
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This book is unique in analysing the new Scottish Parliament from a systematically comparative perspective. Its basic premise is that since devolution in 1999 Scotland can be considered a Scandinavian-style democracy with several features of a Scandinavian-style parliament. The basic research question, therefore, is: 'Has the Scottish Parliament in its first four-year term manifested a... Read more
PART I The Scottish Parliamentary Committees: The Motor of a New Politics?; Chapter 1 The Creation of a Scandinavian-Style Parliament in Scotland; Chapter 2 An Analytical Framework for the Comparative Study of Parliamentary Committee Systems; Chapter 3 Hypothesising on the Legislative Capacity of the Scottish Committees; Chapter 4 Leading the Scottish Committees: The Challenges of the Convenor's Role; Chapter 5 The Scottish Committees at Work: Corporate or Permeable Bodies?; Chapter 6 The Scottish Committees as the Motor of a 'New Politics'; PART II The Standing Committees in a 'Bargaining Democracy': The Case of the Swedish Riksdag; Chapter 7 The Challenges of Chairing a Swedish Riksdag Committee; Chapter 8 The Riksdag Committees as Legislative Initiators; Chapter 9 The Deliberative Function of the Riksdag Committees - Engine Room or Record Office?; Chapter 10 The Growing Investigative Capacity of the Riksdag Committees; PART III Old Politics' in an Ancient Parliament? the Case of the Icelandic Althingi; Chapter 11 The Challenge of Chairing the Althingi Committees; Chapter 12 The Althingi Committees in Action: Towards a 'Committee Culture'?; PART IV Conclusions; Chapter 13 Scotland: Towards a Scandinavian-Style Parliamentarism?; Chapter 14 The Second Scottish Parliament Election, 1 May 2003;
Biography
David Arter
