Parliament and Parliamentarism A Comparative History of a European Concept [Hardcover]

Parliamentary theory, practices, discourses, and institutions constitute a distinctively European contribution to modern politics. Taking a broad historical perspective, this cross-disciplinary, innovative, and rigorous collection locates the essence of parliamentarism in four key aspectsdeliberation, representation, responsibility, and sovereigntyand explores the different ways in which they have been contested, reshaped, and implemented in a series of representative national and regional case studies. As one of the first comparative studies in conceptual history, this volume focuses on debates about the nature of parliament and parliamentarism within and across different European countries, representative institutions, and genres of political discourse.

Pasi Ihalainenis Professor of Comparative European History at the University of Jyv?skyl?, Finland. His many publications include his most recent bookThe Springs of Democracy: National and Transnational Debates on Constitutional Reform in the British, German, Swedish and Finnish Parliaments, 19171919(2017). He is a board member of the research network EuParl.net.

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Introduction:Parliament as a Conceptual Nexus
Pasi Ihalainen, Cornelia Ilie and Kari Palonen

PART I: THE CONCEPTUAL HISTORY OF PARLIAMENTS

Chapter 1.European Parliamentary Experiences from a Conceptual Historical Perspective
Pasi Ihalainen

Chapter 2.Key Concepts for Parliament in Britain (16401800)
Paul Seaward and Pasi Ihalainen

Chapter 3.Discussing the First Age of French Parliamentarism (17891914)
Jean Garrigues and Eric Anceau

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