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| Material Type: | Internet resource |
|---|---|
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Knut Heidar; R A Koole |
| ISBN: | 0415223369 9780415223362 |
| OCLC Number: | 42290674 |
| Description: | xv, 303 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | Introduction: representative democracy and parliamentary party groups / Knut Heidar and Ruud Koole -- 1. Approaches to the study of parliamentary party groups / Knut Heidar and Ruud Koole -- 2. Bureaucratisation, coordination and competition: parliamentary party groups in the German Bundestag / Thomas Saalfeld -- 3. The United Kingdom: exerting influence from within / Philip Norton -- 4. Parliamentary parties in the French Fifth Republic / Jean-Louis Thiebault and Bernard Dolez -- 5. Not yet the locus of power: parliamentary party groups in Austria / Wolfgang C. Muller and Barbara Steininger -- 6. Fractiocracy?: limits to the ascendancy of the parliamentary party group in Dutch politics / Rudy B. Andeweg |
| Series Title: | Routledge/ECPR studies in European political science, 13. |
| Responsibility: | edited by Knut Heidar and Ruud Koole. |
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<p>'the volume is highly instructive not only in enhancing the reader's knowledge about PPGs and their role in domestic arenas, but also by providing a stimulus to embark on the road of further research.' <p>Political Studies <p>'...this book singles out a very relevant problem, develops an accurate methodological frame, and discusses it in a fruitful way, by virtue of an uncommon amount of empirical evidence...is destined to provoke very favourable reactions among political scientists both for its findings and as a good example of comparative research.' <p>Luca Verzichelli Acta Politica 2000/4 <p> Read more...
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