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2001
It is almost a truism that the idea of having a right is vague and ambiguous, and that it can be approached from many angles. It is also clear that good explications of this idea are needed in many fields, but one can hardly say that the attempts to provide them have been very successful.
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It is almost a truism that the idea of having a right is vague and ambiguous, and that it can be approached from many angles. It is also clear that good explications of this idea are needed in many fields, but one can hardly say that the attempts to provide them have been very successful.
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Parliament and Parliamentarism
2016Parliamentary theory, practices, discourses, and institutions constitute a distinctively European contribution to modern politics. Taking a broad historical perspective, this cross-disciplinary, innovative, and rigorous collection locates the essence of parliamentarism in four key aspects—deliberation, representation, responsibility, and sovereignty ...
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Spain's diffused parliamentarism compared to models of rationalised parliamentarism
2023The parliamentary system is characterised by the fact that the executive is elected, controlled and dismissed by the legislature. The rationalised parliamentary system is a variant of this system that legalises the relations between the two powers with a predetermined purpose: to guarantee the stability of governments in the face of occasional hostile ...
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Presidentialism and Parliamentarism
2017Presidentialism and parliamentarism are perhaps the most dominating features of any political system. This chapter defines them and discusses their respective strengths and weaknesses. In particular, is presidentialism really more unstable, and are parliamentary systems superior in performance?
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Early Theories of Parliamentarism
Canadian Journal of Economics and Political Science, 1942In contrast to the numerous expositions and commentaries concerning the origin, history, and nature of the doctrine of the separation of powers, early theories of parliamentary government have failed to attract the attention of historians of political thought. This negligence arises from two factors which must not be under-estimated. In the first place,
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Parliamentarism and Encyclopaedism
This book explores a specific aspect of modern parliamentarism: its ability to produce and organise political knowledge. The book argues that the very meaning of modern parliamentarism cannot properly be understood without considering the cognitive value that is inherent in the representative function discharged by parliaments, vis-a-vis the ...openaire +1 more source
‘Anti-Parliamentarism’ and ‘Communism’
1988The term ‘anti-parliamentary communism’ begs two questions. First, what is ‘anti-parliamentarism’? Secondly, what is ‘communism’? This opening chapter is intended to answer these questions. It begins with a chronological account of the history of the anti-parliamentary communist groups in Britain during 1917–24, followed by an examination of the ...
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Parliamentarism and Foreign Policy
2018How does parliamentarism affect the conduct of foreign policy? This question has lately also been discussed in the social-democratic press (cf. Vorwarts of 24 September, lead article), and, as much as it seems to us to be of an academic nature, it is also thoroughly worth discussing here.
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