Parliamentary Socialisation: Learning the Ropes or Determining Behaviour? (Understanding Governance Series)

Rush, Michael; Giddings, Philip

ISBN 10: 0230284892 / ISBN 13: 9780230284890

Published by Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke, 2011

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Hardcover with printed boards, no dust jacket. Bump to spine foot corner and spine is a little cocked, otherwise like new condition. AD.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Parliamentary Socialisation: Learning the Ropes or Determining Behaviour? (Understanding Governance Series)
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke
• Publication Date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0230284892
• ISBN 13: 9780230284890
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Very Good
• Book Type: Used
• Seller catalogs:
  • Politics

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Synopsis

This first book-length study of the socialisation of MPs uses questionnaire data gathered over two Parliaments (1992-97 and 1997-2001) to find out how MPs learn about, and what their attitudes are towards, their role as a Member of Parliament. It analyzes their participation in debates, the use of Parliamentary Questions and committee work.

About the Author

MICHAEL RUSH is Emeritus Professor of Politics at Sheffield University, UK, where he was formerly Head of the Politics Department. He has written a number of books on Parliament, including The Role of the Member of Parliament Since 1868: From Gentlemen to Players (2001), Parliament Today (2005) and When Gordon Took the Helm: the Palgrave Review of British Politics, 2007-08 (with Philip Giddings, 2008).
 
PHILIP GIDDINGS is Senior Lecturer in Politics and Head of the School of Politics and International Relations at the University of Reading, UK. He has edited and contributed to a number of books, including Westminster and Europe: Law, Policy and Parliament (2004), The Ombudsman, the Citizen and Parliament (2002) and Parliamentary Accountability: A Study of Parliament and Executive Agencies (1995).