| Description |
ix, 304 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. |
| Series |
Parliaments and legislatures series
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| Note |
Based on papers presented at a workshop which was part of the European Consortium for Political Research's joint sessions in France in 1995. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Party cohesion, party discipline, and parliaments / Shaun Bowler, David M. Farrell, and Richard S. Katz -- How political parties emerged from the primeval slime : party cohesion, party discipline, and the formation of governments / Michael Laver and Kenneth A. Shepsle -- Discipline in the British conservative party : the attitudes of party activists toward the role of their members of parliament / Paul F. Whitely and Patrick Seyd -- Backbenchers with attitude : a seismic study of the conservative party and dissent on Europe / David Baker ... [et al.] -- Cohesion of party groups and interparty conflict in the Swiss parliament : roll call voting in the national council / Prisca Lanfranchi and Ruth Luthi -- Electoral systems, parliamentary committees, and party discipline : the Norwegian Storting in a comparative perspective / Bjorn Erik Rasch -- Parliamentary party discipline in Spain / Manuel Sanchez de Dios -- Parliamentarization of the east central European parties : party discipline in the Hungarian parliament, 1990-1996 / Attila Agh -- Challenge of diversity : party cohesion in the European parliament / Tapio Raunio -- Parties and party discipline within the European parliament : a norms-based approach / Shaun Bowler and David M. Farrell -- Costs of coalition : a five-nation comparison / Carol Mershon -- Coalition discipline, enforcement mechanisms, and intraparty politics / Paul Mitchell. |
| Subject |
Party discipline -- Europe, Western.
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Political parties -- Europe, Western.
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Legislative bodies -- Europe, Western.
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| Added Author |
Bowler, Shaun, 1958-
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Farrell, David M., 1960-
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Katz, Richard S.
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European Consortium for Political Research.
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| ISBN |
0814250009 (pa : alk. paper) |
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0814207960 (cl : alk. paper) |
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