Parliament and Parliamentarism: A Comparative History of a European Concept

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Parliamentary 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―and explores the different ways in which they have been contested, reshaped, and implemented in a series of representative national and regional case studies. As one of the first comparative studies in conceptual history, this volume focuses on debates about the nature of parliament and parliamentarism within and across different European countries, representative institutions, and genres of political discourse. Parliament and Parliamentarism Contents Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations Parliament as a Conceptual Nexus PART I The Conceptual History of Parliaments Chapter 1 European Parliamentary Experiences from a Conceptual Historical Perspective Chapter 2 Key Concepts for Parliament in Britain (1640-1800) Chapter 3 Discussing the First Age of French Parliamentarism (1789-1914) Chapter 4 From Monarchical Constitutionalism to a Parliamentary Republic Chapter 5 Passion and Reason Chapter 6 The Formation of Parliamentarism in the Nordic Countries from the Napoleonic Wars to the First World War Chapter 7 The Conceptual History of the Russian State Duma PART II The Discourse and Rhetoric of Modern Parliaments Chapter 8 Parliamentary Discourse and Deliberative Rhetoric Chapter 9 Rhetoric, Parliament and the Monarchy in Pre-revolutionary England Chapter 10 French Parliamentary Discourse, 1789-1914 Chapter 11 German Parliamentary Discourse since 1848 from a Linguistic Point of View Chapter 12 Central and Eastern European Parliamentary Rhetoric since the Nineteenth Century PART III Parliament and Parliamentarism in Political Theory Chapter 13 Political Theories of Parliamentarism Chapter 14 Thinking of Politics in a Parliamentary Manner Chapter 15 Theories of Representative Government and Parliamentarism in Italy from the 1840s to the 1920s Chapter 16 Parliamentarism and Democracy in German Political Theory since 1848 Chapter 17 Parliamentarism in Spanish Politics in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries Chapter 18 Towards a Political Theory of EU Parliamentarism Epilogue Index