Title Parliaments and legislative activity : motivations for bill introduction / Martin Brunner

Published Wiesbaden : Springer VS, [2013]

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Description 1 online resource Series Studien zur Neuen Politischen Ökonomie Studien zur neuen politischen Ökonomie. Contents The Puzzle of Parliamentary Bill Introduction -- Parliamentary Bills as Party Policy Signals -- Public Opinion and Parliamentary Activities -- Private Members' Bills between Party and Constituency Summary Martin Brunner aims at solving the puzzle of why opposition parties or government backbenchers propose legislation even though the chance to influence policy outcomes in this manner is almost nil. He argues that instead of influencing policies directly most parliamentary bills serve different purposes: They are used in order to signal own policy positions and to show alternatives to government policies. Or they point at topics that rank high on the public agenda but low on the government agenda. They can also be a means for individual Members of Parliament to build up an independent personal profile. Using formal models and comparative empirical evidence from Belgium, France, Germany, and the United Kingdom the author shows that parliamentary initiatives of opposition and backbenchers are not simply "much ado about nothing", but the result of vote-seeking motivations. Table of contents The Puzzle of Parliamentary Bill Introduction.- Parliamentary Bills as Party Policy Signals.- Public Opinion and Parliamentary Activities.- Private Members' Bills between Party and Constituency. Zielgruppen - Researchers in the field of political science - Members of Parliament Bibliography Includes bibliographical references Notes English Print version record Subject Bills, Legislative -- Europe, Western Legislative bodies -- Europe, Western Opposition (Political science) -- Europe, Western Social sciences. Bill drafting -- Germany social sciences. Social sciences Political science Parliamentary practice Legislation Bill drafting Bills, Legislative Legislative bodies Opposition (Political science) Politics and government SUBJECT Europe, Western -- Politics and government. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh98008035 Subject Germany Western Europe Form Electronic book ISBN 9783531196121 353119612X 1283908190 9781283908191

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