The future of Parliament [electronic resource] : issues for a new century / edited for the Study of Parliament Group by Philip Giddings.
Can - or should - Parliament's procedures and processes be brought up to date to deal with the challenges of a new century, such as devolution and an evolving European Union? Since the early 1960s there has been growing pressure to reform Parliament. In this volume, written to mark the fortieth...
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Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York :
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Table of Contents:
- Forty Years on and a Future Agenda / M. Ryle
- What of Parliament's Future? / N. Johnson
- The Make-Up of Parliament / B. Criddle, S. Childs & P. Norton
- Career Patterns and Professionalisation / M. Rush
- A Changing Culture / M. Rush & S. Childs
- Objects and Questions / P. Giddings & H. Irwin
- Parliament and Public Money / J. McEldowney & C. Lee
- Select Committees: Scrutiny a la Carte? / D. Natzler & M. Hutton
- Scrutiny at and Beyond the Fringe / M. Flinders
- The House of Lords: A Chamber of Scrutiny? / D. Shell
- Parliament's Role and the Modernisation Agenda / D. Oliver, P. Evans, C. Lee & P. Norton
- Modes of Scrutiny / D. Oliver, P. Evans & C. Lee
- Untouched by Reform
- Private Members Bills and Delegated Legislation / D. Oliver, D. Miers & P. Evans
- Less is More / D. Oliver, D. Miers & P. Evans
- Time for Coherence: Parliament and the Constitutional Watchdogs / O. Gay
- Judges, Lawyers and Parliament / D. Oliver & P. Evans
- To War or not to War? That is the Question / P. Giddings
- Devolution: From One Parliament to Four / B. Winetrobe
- Westminster in Europe / P. Giddings
- The Challenge of Adaptation / R. Negrine & C. Seymour-Ure
- New Media and Parliamentary Democracy / S. Coleman
- Purpose and Prospects / P. Giddings
- Appendix: Publications by the Study of Parliament Group
- Bibliography.