The role of the member of Parliament since 1868

from gentlemen to players

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The role of the member of Parliament since 1868

from gentlemen to players

"This wide-ranging study, by one of the UK's leading scholars of British politics, presents a picture of the role of the MP during the last 150 years. The author examines the various roles of Members of Parliament since the middle of last century. Backbench MP's have three major roles - a partisan role, a constituency role, and a scrutiny role.

They increasingly expect and are expected to support their parties; to help constituents with individual problems and look after their collective interests; and they are expected to keep a check on the government and its policies. These roles existed 150 years ago, but the balance between them has changed. The partisan role now dominates at Westminster, the constituency role has expanded beyond all recognition, and the scrutiny role is widely seen as the poor relation.

Moreover, while constituency work has been virtually hived-off as a non-partisan role, the conflict between the partisan and the scrutiny role creates a dilemma at the heart of parliamentary government."--BOOK JACKET.

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Language
English
Pages
249

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Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. [226]-239) and index.

Published in
New York

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
328.41/072
Library of Congress
JN673 .R85 2001, JN673.R85 2001

The Physical Object

Pagination
xi, 249 p. ;
Number of pages
249

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL18352871M
Internet Archive
roleofmemberofpa0000rush
ISBN 10
0198275773
LCCN
2001032878
OCLC/WorldCat
46884233
Library Thing
1933692
Goodreads
551335

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