Parliaments and Legislative Activity
Motivations for Bill Introduction
1st Edition
Published on 10. October 2012
VII, 164 pages
978-3-531-19612-1 (ISBN)
Description
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.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Wiesbaden
Germany
Publishing group
Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden GmbH
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
VII, 164 p. 13 illus.
File size
1,83 MB
ISBN-13
978-3-531-19612-1 (9783531196121)
DOI
10.1007/978-3-531-19612-1
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Book
10/2012
1st Edition
Springer VS
€53.49
Shipment within 10-15 days
Person
Martin Brunner
is currently working as a researcher at the Department of Political Science, University of Mannheim.
Content
The Puzzle of Parliamentary Bill Introduction.- Parliamentary Bills as Party Policy Signals.- Public Opinion and Parliamentary Activities.- Private Members' Bills between Party and Constituency.
