How Parliament works
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How Parliament works
Pearson/Longman, 2006
6th ed
Available at 2 libraries
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  Gunma
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  Tokyo
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  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
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  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
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  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
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  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
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  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
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  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
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  United States of America
Note
Includes bibliographical references (p.[470]-477) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Although Parliament is constantly in the news and televised daily, much of its work remains a mystery to outsiders and is sometimes perplexing even to its own members. This book provides a unique insight into the work and daily life of Parliament. It sets out plainly and intelligibly what goes on and why things happen, but it also analyses the pressures within the institution, its strengths and weaknesses, and ways in which it might change.
Covering every aspect of the work, membership, and structures of both Houses, this book also reflects the profound changes that have taken place in Parliament over the years.
Table of Contents
Foreword
Acknowledgements
1. Parliament: its home and origins
2. Who is in Parliament?
3. Running Parliament
4. Parliamentary sovereignty, legislative supremacy and devolution
5. Influences on Parliament
6. The parliamentary day and the organisation of business
7. Making the law
8. Parliament and the taxpayer
9. Debates
10. Calling to account: questions
11. Calling to account: select committees
12. Parliament and Europe
13. Modernisation, reform and effectiveness
Glossary of parliamentary terms
Sources of information about Parliament
Index
by "Nielsen BookData"