Chapter 1 Introduction: A Global Perspective on the Role of Parliamentary Administrations

• Другие авторы: Christiansen, Thomas (Редактор), GRIGLIO, Elena (Редактор), Lupo, Nicola (Редактор)
• Формат: Электронный ресурс Глава книги
• Язык: английский
• Опубликовано: Taylor & Francis 2023
• Предметы: Politics & government; Central government; Comparative politics; EU; parliamentary administrations; governance; legislative studies; Europeanisation; democracy; parliamentary democracies; parliament; European Union; administrations; Europeanization
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Итог

The idea of "parliamentary administration" might appear, at first sight, like an oxymoron: parliaments are the domain of politicians, the elected representatives of the people, whereas administrations are commonly understood as the executive bureaucracies carrying out the tasks of governments. The historical development of parliamentary administrations has taken different forms in different countries, making it difficult to generalize. The most delicate issue regarding parliamentary administrations concerns the nature of the activity they perform. The comparative analysis of the data contained in the various country-specific chapters demonstrates several commonalities and differences in relation to certain fundamental organizational and functional options of parliamentary administrations. The very first observation in this context concerns the size of parliamentary administrations. A second dimension of framing the distinctive features of parliamentary administrations is the degree of budgetary autonomy. Looking more closely at recent developments, a number of contemporary challenges can be identified that parliamentary administrations have had to confront in the 21st century.

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1 electronic resource (17 p.)

ISBN

9781003181521-1
9781032020242
9781032020273

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Open Access