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Book SynopsisThe bases of uneasy member-leadership relations, their manifestation and sometimes resolution, and the consequences of member-leadership tension to effective parliamentary performace and policy-making are considered in studies ranging from Germany to the US and New Zealand and globally.
Table of ContentsOn the uneasy, delicate, yet necessary relationships between parliamentary members and leaders, Lawrence D. Longley, Reuven Y. Hazan; what can an individual MP do in German parliamentary politics? Werner J. Patzelt; the individual member in the British House of Commons - facing both ways and marching forward, Philip Norton; from committee government to party government - changing opportunities for amendment sponsors in the US House of Representatives, 1945-98, John E. Owens; the individual parliamentary member and institutional change - the changing role of the New Zealand member of parliament, Fiona Barker, Stephen Levine; parliamentary members and leaders as agents of reform - parliamentary and regime change revisited, Lawrence D. Longley, Taylor M. Hoffman; the Office of Speaker in comparative perspective, Stanley Bach; the keys to togetherness -coalition agreements in parliamentary democracies, Kaare Strom, Wolfgang C. Muller; dilemmas and opportunities of legislative leadership in a non-parliamentary system - the US case, Barbara Sinclair; yes, institutions matter - the impact of institutional reform on parliamentary members and leaders in Israel, Reuven Y. Hazan.
