Overview

This comprehensive Handbook takes a multidisciplinary approach to the study of parliaments, offering novel insights into the key aspects of legislatures, legislative institutions and legislative politics. Connecting rich and diverse fields of inquiry, it illuminates how the study of parliaments has shaped a wider understanding surrounding politics and society over the past decades. Through 26 thematic chapters, expert contributors analyse parliamentary institutions from various disciplinary perspectives (history, law, political science, political economy, sociology and anthropology). A wide range of approaches is covered, including the sociological study of members of parliaments, gender studies and the mathematical conceptualisation of legislatures. Exploring the history of parliament, the concepts and theories of parliamentarism, constitutional law, and the linkages between parliaments and the administrative state or with populism, this incisive Handbook provides a panoramic view of this institution. Chapters also map the main trends, patterns of developments and controversies related to parliaments, assessing the strengths and weaknesses of current research and identifying a range of promising avenues for further study. Drawing together international and comparative approaches, the Handbook of Parliamentary Studies will be a critical resource for academics and students of parliamentary politics, political science, political economy, public law and political history. It also provides a vital foundation for researchers of legislative and political institutions.

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Author:   Cyril Benoît ,  Olivier Rozenberg
Publisher:   Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
Imprint:   Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
ISBN:  

9781789906509

ISBN 10:   1789906504
Pages:   512
Publication Date:   20 November 2020
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Contents: Chapter 1: Introduction to the Handbook of Parliamentary Studies Cyril Benoît, Olivier Rozenberg Chapter 2: On the concepts of parliament, parliamentarianism and parliamentary democracy Olivier Rozenberg PART I: THEORY & HISTORY Chapter 3: The History of Parliament Paul Seaward Chapter 4: The Pre-History of Parliament Michel Hébert Chapter 5: Aspects of Conceptual History of Parliamentary Politics Kari Palonen Chapter 6: Theories of parliamentarism, philosophies of democracy Didier Mineur PART II: LAW Chapter 7: Parliament in constitutional law Armel Le Divellec Chapter 8: Parliaments in comparative legal and political analyses Cristina Fasone Chapter 9: Beyond Neglect and Disrespect: Legislatures in Legal Scholarship Ittai Bar-Siman-Tov Chapter 10: Sources and Origins of Parliamentary Law Nicola Lupo & Eric Thiers Chapter 11: Parliaments and Fundamental Rights Guillaume Tusseau Part III: POLITICAL SCIENCE Chapter 12: Political Science approaches to legislatures Cyril Benoît, Olivier Rozenberg Chapter 13: Parliaments and Democratic Transitions Alexandra Goujon Chapter 14: The Comparative Institutional Analysis of Parliamentary Ethics Denis Saint-Martin Chapter 15: Legislatures and the Administrative State: Political control, Bureaucratic Politics and Public Accountability Cyril Benoît Chapter 16: Parliaments & Regionalism Bonnie N. Field, Steven T. Wuhs Chapter 17. Parliaments in an age of populism Toru Yoshida PART IV. POLITICAL ECONOMY Chapter 18: The Economic Approach to Assembly Decisions Hervé Crès Chapter 19: Formal approaches to the study of parliaments Cesar Garcia Perez de Leon, Patrick Dumont Chapter 20: Historical Political Economy of Parliaments Alexandra Cirone Chapter 21: Legislatures and Executive Vetoes Valeria Palanza, Gisela Sin PART V: SOCIOLOGY AND Anthropology Chapter 22: Anthropology of Parliaments Emma Crewe Chapter 23: Sociology of Parliaments: New Trajectories Jenni Brichzin, Damien Krichewsky, Leopold Ringel, Jan Schank Chapter 24: Feminist Studies and Parliaments Catherine Achin, Delphine Gardey Chapter 25: Parliament in the policymaking process : toward a sociology of law-making Marc Milet Chapter 26: Parliaments as places of Discourse Christopher Lord, Marion Deville Index

Reviews

'For decades parliaments were understudied. This changed drastically when the wave of demo-cratization after the fall of the Iron Curtain crystallized in the establishment of freely elected parliaments. The Handbook of Parliamentary Studies proves that this was not merely driven by idiosyncrasies of ever more specialized sciences but by the very nature of the institution itself. The normative substance and empirical richness of Parliament rightfully resulted in more and more research efforts from a wide range of disciplines. With their selection of fields and authors Benoit and Rozenberg impressively demonstrate the plethora of knowledge and insights assembled on parliaments. By widening the perspectives beyond the boundaries of political science and constitutional law they fill Parliamentary Studies with a new, attractive meaning.' -- Suzanne S. Schuttemeyer, Martin-Luther-University, Halle, Germany 'Parliaments have been the objects of sustained study in many academic disciplines. While the respective disciplinary groups occasionally intersect, the new Handbook of Parliamentary Studies is the first to my knowledge that takes an avowedly interdisciplinary perspective, bringing together scholars from five main fields to consider both their distinctive and common interests in the study of legislatures. Given the growth of legislative studies generally, the Handbook will be a welcome addition for scholars seeking a broader perspective.' -- Gary Cox, Stanford University, US

'This intriguing volume brings together a remarkably rich and diverse set of perspectives on parliamentary politics from a variety of scholarly disciplines and traditions. There is much to appreciate and celebrate, and from here on there is no excuse for parliamentary studies to be dull or parochial.' -- Kaare Strom, University of California, San Diego, US 'For decades parliaments were understudied. This changed drastically when the wave of democratization after the fall of the Iron Curtain crystallized in the establishment of freely elected parliaments. The Handbook of Parliamentary Studies proves that this was not merely driven by idiosyncrasies of ever more specialized sciences but by the very nature of the institution itself. The normative substance and empirical richness of Parliament rightfully resulted in more and more research efforts from a wide range of disciplines. With their selection of fields and authors Benoit and Rozenberg impressively demonstrate the plethora of knowledge and insights assembled on parliaments. By widening the perspectives beyond the boundaries of political science and constitutional law they fill Parliamentary Studies with a new, attractive meaning.' -- Suzanne S. Schuttemeyer, Martin-Luther-University, Halle, Germany 'Parliaments have been the objects of sustained study in many academic disciplines. While the respective disciplinary groups occasionally intersect, the new Handbook of Parliamentary Studies is the first to my knowledge that takes an avowedly interdisciplinary perspective, bringing together scholars from five main fields to consider both their distinctive and common interests in the study of legislatures. Given the growth of legislative studies generally, the Handbook will be a welcome addition for scholars seeking a broader perspective.' -- Gary Cox, Stanford University, US

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Edited by Cyril Benoît, CNRS Researcher and Olivier Rozenberg, Associate Professor, Centre for European Studies and Comparative Politics, Sciences Po, France

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