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Parliaments and Legislative Activity [electronic resource] : Motivations for Bill Introduction / by Martin Brunner.

By: Brunner, Martin [author.].
Contributor(s): SpringerLink (Online service).
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookSeries: Studien zur Neuen Politischen Ökonomie: Publisher: Wiesbaden : Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden : Imprint: Springer VS, 2013Description: VII, 164 p. 13 illus. online resource.Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9783531196121.Subject(s): Social sciences | Social Sciences | Social Sciences, generalDDC classification: 300 Online resources: Click here to access online
Contents:
The Puzzle of Parliamentary Bill Introduction -- Parliamentary Bills as Party Policy Signals -- Public Opinion and Parliamentary Activities -- Private Members’ Bills between Party and Constituency.
In: Springer eBooksSummary: 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. Table of contents The Puzzle of Parliamentary Bill Introduction.- Parliamentary Bills as Party Policy Signals.- Public Opinion and Parliamentary Activities.- Private Members’ Bills between Party and Constituency. Zielgruppen - Researchers in the field of political science - Members of Parliament
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The Puzzle of Parliamentary Bill Introduction -- Parliamentary Bills as Party Policy Signals -- Public Opinion and Parliamentary Activities -- Private Members’ Bills between Party and Constituency.

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. Table of contents The Puzzle of Parliamentary Bill Introduction.- Parliamentary Bills as Party Policy Signals.- Public Opinion and Parliamentary Activities.- Private Members’ Bills between Party and Constituency. Zielgruppen - Researchers in the field of political science - Members of Parliament

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