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| Author |
Best, Heinrich (ed.) Cotta, Maurizio (ed.) |
|---|---|
| Title | Democratic Representation in Europe : Diversity, Change and Convergence |
| Parallel title / Title of generic unit | |
| Subject | 1. European Parliament. 2. Representative government and representation-European Union. 3. Democracy-European Union countries. 4. Europe-politics and government-1989- |
| Publisher | Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press |
| Year | 2007 |
| Pages | xxiii, 527 |
| Description | This volume explores representation as a core element of democracies in the modern era. Over the past 150 years parliamentary representation has developed into a main link between polity and society, and parliamentary representative have come to form the nucleus of political elites. The twenty authors of the 16 chapters follow a comparative and empirical approach by exploiting the unique longitudinal data-base of the EURELITE project, which has gathered standardized evidence about the structures of parliamenatry representation in 11 European countries and their development over time: in many countries over 160 years. |
| Type | Book |
| Note | Includes bibliography and index. CONTENTS: Preface / Parliamentary Representatives from Early Democratization to the Age of Consolidated Democracy: National Variations and International Convergence in a Long-term Perspective, by Maurizio Cotta and Heinrich Best / The Decline of the Nobility, by Michael Rush / From Servants of the State to Elected Representatives: Public Sector Background among Members of Parliament, by Maurizio Cotta and Pedro Tabares de Almeida / Why so Few and Why so Slow? Women as Parliamentary Representatives in Europe from a Longitudinal Perspective, by Verona Christmas-Best and Ulrik Kjaer / Cultural Capital and Political Selection: Educational Backgrounds of Parliamentarians, by Daniel Gaxie and Laurent Godmer / A Career through the Party: the Recruitment of Party Politicians in Parliament, by Stefan fiers and Ineke Secker / The Geographical Dimension of Parliamentary Recruitment-among Native Sons and Parachutists, by Mogens N. Pedersen, Ulrik Klaer, and Kjell A. Eliassen / The Changing Nature and role of European Conservative Parties in Parliamentary Institutions from 1848 to the Twenty-first Century, by Valerie Cromwell and Luca Verzichelli / Restructuring of the European Political Centre: withering Liberal and Persisting Agrarian Party Families, by Ilkka Ruostetsaari / Christian Democratic Parliamentarians: From a Century of Multifaceted Recruitment to the Convergence within a 'Larger Family'?, by Luca Verzichelli / |
| Language | English |
| Series | Comparative Politics |
| Identifier | 9780199234202 |
| Call No. |
321.8 |
| Location |
Library |
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