| Record Type: |
Electronic resources
: monographic
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| Title Information: |
learning the ropes or determining behaviour? |
| Author: |
RushMichael, 1937- |
| Alternative Intellectual Responsibility: |
GiddingsPhilip James., |
| Secondary Intellectual Responsibility: |
Palgrave Connect (Online service) |
| Place of Publication: |
Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire New York |
| Published: |
Palgrave Macmillan; |
| Year of Publication: |
2011 |
| Description: |
1 online resource (xvii, 266 p.)ill. : |
| Series: |
Understanding governance |
| Subject: |
Legislators - In-service training - Great Britain. - |
| Subject: |
Legislators - Professional relationships - Great Britain. - |
| Subject: |
Legislators - Professional ethics - Great Britain. - |
| Subject: |
POLITICAL SCIENCE - Public Affairs & Administration. - |
| Subject: |
POLITICAL SCIENCE - Government - |
| Subject: |
POLITICAL SCIENCE - Political Ideologies - |
| Online resource: |
http://www.palgraveconnect.com/doifinder/10.1057/9780230316850 |
| Summary: |
Parliament and MPs are held in low esteem at a time when Britain is facing major challenges. Can Parliament change to help meet these challenges? Or are MPs simply socialised into the ways of the Westminster village? Parliamentary Socialisation is the first book-length study of the socialisation of MPs. Surveying the literature on legislative socialisation, it develops a model of parliamentary socialisation as a framework for the book. Using a series of questionnaires covering two Parliaments, the book explores what MPs think about their roles and how they learn their jobs. MPs' patterns of behaviour are explored through analyses of their participation in debates, use of Parliamentary Questions, and committee work. The book concludes that MPs face a steep learning curve when first elected and that they are subject to a considerable degree of socialisation, but also argues that MPs' attitudes and behaviour can and do change. |
| ISBN: |
9780230316850electronic bk. |
| ISBN: |
0230316859electronic bk. |
| ISBN: |
hardback |
| ISBN: |
hardback |
| Content Note: |
Foreword by Peter Riddell Changing Westminster The Role of the Member of Parliament Legislative Socialisation: Surveying the Landscape Functional Socialisation: A Steep Learning Curve Attitudinal Socialisation: Clones or Mavericks? Behavioural Socialisation: Making Choices Parliamentary Socialisation 2010 and Beyond Appendix A: Questionnaires Appendix B: Selected Questionnaire Responses Appendix C: The Parliamentary Activity of MPs Bibliography Index -- Machine generated contents note: Foreword by Peter Riddell Changing Westminster The Role of the Member of Parliament Legislative Socialisation: Surveying the Landscape Functional Socialisation: A Steep Learning Curve Attitudinal Socialisation: Clones or Mavericks? Behavioural Socialisation: Making Choices Parliamentary Socialisation 2010 and Beyond Appendix A: Questionnaires Appendix B: Selected Questionnaire Responses Appendix C: The Parliamentary Activity of MPs Bibliography Index. |