Challenges to Parliamentary Politics

1 - Cover [Seite 1]
2 - Challenges to Parliamentary Politics: Rhetoric, Representation and Reform [Seite 8]
2.1 - 1. Introduction [Seite 8]
2.2 - 2. Nothing new under the sun? [Seite 10]
2.3 - 3. About the articles [Seite 12]
3 - Parliamentarism Challenged [Seite 18]
3.1 - 1. Introduction [Seite 18]
3.2 - 2. A note on 'distrust' [Seite 19]
3.3 - 3. Less parliamentary time and an increasing political agenda [Seite 20]
3.4 - 4. Governmentalisation of the agenda and its limits [Seite 22]
3.5 - 5. Electoralisation and partisanisation of parliament [Seite 24]
3.6 - 6. Reduction of parliamentary politics of time [Seite 26]
3.7 - 7. Counter-bureaucratision in parliaments [Seite 28]
3.8 - 8. Inter-parliamentary power struggles [Seite 30]
3.9 - 9. Final remarks [Seite 33]
3.10 - References [Seite 34]
4 - The European Parliament: an Answer to Challenges Facing Parliamentarism in Europe Today? [Seite 38]
4.1 - 1. Introduction [Seite 38]
4.2 - 2. Is the EP really a democratically deficient parliament? [Seite 40]
4.3 - 3. The EP: a parliament in the making [Seite 41]
4.4 - 4. Deliberation, representation, sovereignty and responsibility in the EP [Seite 45]
4.5 - 5. Specific features of the EP [Seite 49]
4.6 - 6. The EP as political actor: fighting for democratisation of the EU [Seite 51]
4.7 - 7. The EP and the sovereign debt crisis [Seite 54]
4.8 - 8. Conclusion: does the EP provide an answer to the current challenges facing parliamentarism? [Seite 55]
4.9 - References [Seite 57]
5 - Republican Rationality and the Democratic Deficit of French Political Representation [Seite 60]
5.1 - 1. Introduction [Seite 60]
5.2 - 2. Carl Schmitt and the political theory of anti-liberal decisionism [Seite 62]
5.3 - 3. Liberalism and the tension between values and institutions [Seite 66]
5.4 - 4. Same sex marriage legislation: mind the gap [Seite 69]
5.5 - 5. From a democracy of the People to a democracy of people [Seite 73]
5.6 - References [Seite 78]
6 - Parliamentary Politics and Migration: Re-interpreting the Citizenry in the Case of Germany [Seite 80]
6.1 - 1. Introduction [Seite 80]
6.2 - 2. The legal framework: on the German citizenship law [Seite 83]
6.3 - 3. Second generation immigrants and ethnic German resettlers: conditions for acquiring citizenship [Seite 87]
6.4 - 4. Jewish immigrants: Conditions for granting residence [Seite 88]
6.5 - 5. The jus tempus principle and the German examples [Seite 90]
6.6 - 6. Integration as an interpretation between the contemporary and the historical [Seite 92]
6.7 - 7. Conclusion [Seite 95]
6.8 - References [Seite 97]
7 - The Borderline between Parliamentary and Extra-Parliamentary Rhetoric: the Case of the Populist (True) Finns Party [Seite 100]
7.1 - 1. Introduction [Seite 100]
7.2 - 2. Double discourse [Seite 102]
7.2.1 - a. Regarding parliamentary democracy [Seite 103]
7.2.2 - b. Regarding immigration [Seite 104]
7.2.3 - c. Hybrid positioning [Seite 107]
7.3 - 3. Parliamentary conduct and rules of discipline [Seite 108]
7.4 - 4. Parliamentary and extra-parliamentary language [Seite 111]
7.5 - 5. Parliamentary speaking as a specific genre [Seite 113]
7.6 - 6. Pamphlet-style rhetoric [Seite 115]
7.7 - 8. Some final remarks [Seite 118]
7.8 - Primary sources [Seite 120]
7.9 - Literature [Seite 122]
8 - Parliamentary Politics, Rhetoric and Means of Talking about Economic Policy [Seite 126]
8.1 - 1. Introduction [Seite 126]
8.2 - 2. Economic policy as a non-political matter [Seite 128]
8.3 - 3. The rhetoric of so-called 'general truths' [Seite 131]
8.4 - 4. Economic crisis as a 'state of exception' [Seite 135]
8.5 - 5. Limited power of parliament in the state budget [Seite 137]
8.6 - 6. Conclusion [Seite 140]
8.7 - References [Seite 143]
9 - Defending Parliamentary Politics and Individual Freedom in a Disillusioned World [Seite 146]
9.1 - 1. Introduction [Seite 146]
9.2 - 2. Two moralities and mass democracy [Seite 150]
9.3 - 3. Mass democracy within the British context of liberal thinking [Seite 157]
9.4 - 4. Towards a disillusioned defence of parliamentary politics? [Seite 160]
9.5 - 5. In defence of civil association [Seite 163]
9.6 - Literature [Seite 164]
10 - List of contributors [Seite 168]