The Role of the Member of Parliament Since 1868: From Gentlemen to Players

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OUP 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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List of Tables
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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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