The Role of the Member of Parliament Since 1868: From Gentlemen to PlayersOUP Oxford, 2001 M09 20 - 264 páginas This wide-ranging study, by one of the UK's leading scholars of British politics, presents a fascinating picture of the role of the MP during the last 150 years. The author examines the various roles of Members of Parliament since the middle of last century. Backbench MPs have three major roles-a partisan role, a constituency role, and a scrutiny role. They increasingly expect and are expected to support their parties; to help constituents with individual problems and look after their collective interests; and they are expected to keep a check on the government and its policies. These roles existed 150 years ago, but the balance between them has changed. The partisan role now dominates at Westminster, the constituency role has expanded beyond all recognition, and the scrutiny role is widely seen as the poor relation. Moreover, while constituency work has been virtually hived-off as a non-partisan role, the conflict between the partisan and the scrutiny role creates a dilemma at the heart of parliamentary government. |
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... individuals , nor through the rudimentary party machinery that previously existed . Party organization also laid the basis for party cohesion : loyalty to the party inside and outside Parliament could be and was demanded at the risk of ...
... individuals , nor through the rudimentary party machinery that previously existed . Party organization also laid the basis for party cohesion : loyalty to the party inside and outside Parliament could be and was demanded at the risk of ...
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... individuals or representatives elected by them for that purpose . Modern democracy , in the form of liberal - democracy , is also commonly associated with the exis- tence of various safeguards , such as freedom of speech and associa ...
... individuals or representatives elected by them for that purpose . Modern democracy , in the form of liberal - democracy , is also commonly associated with the exis- tence of various safeguards , such as freedom of speech and associa ...
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... individual is an MP or not , it may withdraw that recognition if is dissatisfied with the candidate's attitudes or behav- iour . Historically , however , there has been a further dimension in that the Irish Nationalists required their ...
... individual is an MP or not , it may withdraw that recognition if is dissatisfied with the candidate's attitudes or behav- iour . Historically , however , there has been a further dimension in that the Irish Nationalists required their ...
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... individuals other than the Member's constituents , leading one Conservative candi- date in 1918 to affix a printed slip to questionnaires eliciting his views and support on various issues . The slip stated : These replies are intended ...
... individuals other than the Member's constituents , leading one Conservative candi- date in 1918 to affix a printed slip to questionnaires eliciting his views and support on various issues . The slip stated : These replies are intended ...
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Contenido
1 | |
The Political Context | 25 |
The Adaptation of Parliament | 52 |
The SocioEconomic Transformation of | 76 |
The Professionalization of the Member of Parliament | 109 |
Continuity and Change 1 | 139 |
Complementary | 212 |
Appendix | 224 |
Index | 241 |
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