3. Debating Politics and Making Laws

IF 1.1 3区社会学 Q3 POLITICAL SCIENCE

British Politics Pub Date : 2021-12-21 DOI:10.1093/hepl/9780198840626.003.0003

P. John

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Abstract

This chapter evaluates the institution of the UK Parliament, where parliamentarians have a chance to debate issues of the day and to make laws. It reviews classic arguments about the power of Parliament in relation to the executive, before looking at the role of the House of Lords and the House of Commons. The account is still influenced by the Westminster system of government, whereby the executive in the form of the government is sustained in power by having a majority in the House of Commons. The chapter then considers what Members of Parliament (MPs) and other representatives do in office, and how their behaviour links to other features of the political process, such as public opinion and constituency interests. It also compares other legislatures, such as the Scottish Parliament, with the UK Parliament.

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3.辩论政治与制定法律

本章评估了英国议会的制度，议员们有机会就当今问题进行辩论并制定法律。在研究上议院和下议院的作用之前，它回顾了关于议会与行政部门权力的经典论点。该账户仍然受到威斯敏斯特政府体系的影响，根据该体系，政府形式的行政部门通过在下议院拥有多数席位来维持权力。然后，本章考虑了国会议员和其他代表在任期内的所作所为，以及他们的行为如何与政治进程的其他特征相联系，如公众舆论和选区利益。它还将苏格兰议会等其他立法机构与英国议会进行了比较。

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British Politics POLITICAL SCIENCE-

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2.40

自引率

9.10%

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期刊介绍： British Politics offers the only forum explicitly designed to promote research in British political studies, and seeks to provide a counterweight to the growing fragmentation of this field during recent years. To this end, the journal aims to promote a more holistic understanding of British politics by encouraging a closer integration between theoretical and empirical research, between historical and contemporary analyses, and by fostering a conception of British politics as a broad and multi-disciplinary field of study. This incorporates a range of sub-fields, including psephology, policy analysis, regional studies, comparative politics, institutional analysis, political theory, political economy, historical analysis, cultural studies and social policy. While recognising the validity and the importance of research into specific aspects of British politics, the journal takes it to be a guiding principle that such research is more useful, and indeed meaningful, if it is related to the field of British politics in a broader and fuller sense. The scope of the journal will therefore be broad, incorporating a range of research papers and review articles from all theoretical perspectives, and on all aspects of British politics, including policy developments, institutional change and political behaviour. Priority will, however, be given to contributions which link contemporary developments in British politics to theoretical and/or historical analyses. The aim is as much to encourage the development of empirical research that is theoretically rigorous and informed, as it is to encourage the empirical application of theoretical work (or at least to encourage theorists to explicitly signify how their work could be applied in an empirical manner).