{"product_id":"party-discipline-and-parliamentary-government-9780814250006","title":"Party Discipline and Parliamentary Government","description":"\u003cp\u003eParliamentary government is generally taken to mean party government. Party cohesion and discipline are usually seen as central to the maintenance of parliamentary democracy. This overlap, between disciplined parties on the one hand and parliamentary government on the other, is often seen as so complete and so automatic that the question of party discipline is pushed to the sidelines and rarely studied. Yet, if individual legislators remain an undisciplined mob, parliaments could easily become unruly and anarchical. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHow and why party discipline arises and is maintained are thus central questions of importance in legislative, and especially parliamentary, studies. Our knowledge of these topics, however, suffers from substantial gaps, especially with regard to the practice of party cohesion outside the relatively familiar Anglo-American setting.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis book marks a step toward filling some of those gaps. The collection of essays presented here provides theoretical background and comparative studies of legislatures in a wide range of settings. Well-developed democracies such as Britain, Finland, Ireland, Italy, The Netherlands, Norway, and Switzerland are covered, as are the more recent democracies of Spain and Hungary, and the unique case of the transnational European Parliament.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Shaun Bowler\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Ohio State University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/29\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 316\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.14lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.03h x 6.11w x 0.93d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780814250006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eShaun Bowler is an associate professor of political science at the University of California, Riverside, and the coeditor of \u003ci\u003eCitizens as Legislators: Direct Democracy in the United States\u003c\/i\u003e (Ohio State University Press 1998). David M. Farrell is Senior Jean Monnet Lecturer in the Department of Government at the University of Manchester, U. K. and the author of \u003ci\u003eComparing Electoral Systems.\u003c\/i\u003eRichard S. Katz, a professor of political science at Johns Hopkins University, is the author of \u003ci\u003eDemocracy and Elections.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ohio State University Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40180670955635,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_61c6a3a0-2d84-437e-b040-d8b0663cac0f.jpg?v=1655471756","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/party-discipline-and-parliamentary-government-9780814250006","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}