| Record Type: |
Electronic resources
: monographic
|
| Title Information: |
from members to legislators |
| Author: |
GaukaAnika., |
| Secondary Intellectual Responsibility: |
Palgrave Connect (Online service) |
| Place of Publication: |
Basingstoke |
| Published: |
Palgrave Macmillan; |
| Year of Publication: |
2013 |
| Description: |
1 online resourceill. : |
| Series: |
Understanding governance |
| Subject: |
Political parties. - |
| Subject: |
Political participation. - |
| Subject: |
Politics, Practical. - |
| Online resource: |
http://www.palgraveconnect.com/doifinder/10.1057/9781137318428An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click for information |
| Summary: |
Anika Gauja examines the complexities and tensions in the relationship between party members and parliamentarians through an in-depth analysis of the structures and processes that shape the development of party policy, and the respective role of members and parliamentarians in the formulation of policy and its transferral to the legislative arena. Providing a timely contribution to the current scholarly and public debate on the future of political parties, the book presents significant new evidence on the challenges facing both established and emerging political parties in encouraging citizen participation in policy development and counters some of the overly simplistic judgments that are often made about participation and disengagement by revealing the complexity of the relationships that are involved in modern party systems. |
| ISBN: |
9781137318428electronic bk. |
| ISBN: |
1137318422electronic bk. |
| Content Note: |
1. Introduction 2. Linking Participation and Representation: Intra-Party Policy Development 3. The Rhetoric and Reality of Policy Development 4. Arenas for Policy Development 5. Do Members Participate in Policy Development? 6. Opening up the Party and Creating Supporters' Networks 7. Do Party Elites Control the Policy Agenda? 8. Transferring Policy to the Parliament: The Roles of Elected Representatives 9. Attitudes to Representation 10. Parliamentary Decision-making and the Implementation of Policy 11. Conclusion: Policy-Making in Parties Today Appendix: Policy Process Diagrams. |