Democracy in practice : ceremony and ritual in parliaments /

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author:	ebrary, Inc
Other Authors:	Rai, Shirin (Editor), Johnson, Rachel, 1984- (Editor)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire : Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.
Subjects:	Legislative bodies. Political culture. Democracy. Power (Social sciences) Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

Introducing Democracy in Practice: Ceremony and Ritual in Parliament; Rachel E. Johnson and Shirin M. Rai
PART I: PERFORMING REPRESENTATION
1. Representing Democracy: Ceremony and Ritual in the Indian Parliament; Shirin M. Rai
2. Westminster Parliamentarians: Performing Politics; Emma Crewe
3. Negotiating Gendered Institutions: Women's Parliamentary Friendships; Sarah Childs
4. The Emergence and Impact of First Female Speakers; Faith Armitage, Rachel E. Johnson and Carole Spary
PART II: DELIBERATION AND DISRUPTION
5. Proceduralising the Plenary as a Public Sphere; Victoria Hasson
6. Prime Minister's Questions as Political Ritual; Joni Lovenduski
7. The Indian Parliament: Performing Decline Since the 1960s; Bairavee Balasubramaniam
8. Disrupting Deliberation? Comparing Repertoires of Parliamentary Representation; Carole Spary, Faith Armitage and Rachel E. Johnson
PART III: SYMBOLIC SPACES
9. Space and Symbols: Transforming Parliamentary Buildings; Georgina Waylen
10. The Archi-texture of Parliament Nirmal Puwar
11. Pageantry as Politics: The Opening of Parliaments; Rachel E. Johnson, Faith Armitage and Carole Spary.