Political parties, parliaments and legislative speechmaking /

"Why do some Members of Parliament (MPs) take the parliamentary floor and speak more than others? Why do some MPs deviate more than others from the ideological position of their party? This book develops hypotheses on legislative speechmaking and evaluates them by analysing parliamentary debate...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors:	Bäck, Hanna (Author), Debus, Marc (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2016.
Subjects:	Communication in politics > European Union countries. Political oratory > European Union countries. Parliamentary practice > Europe Union countries. Legislators > European Union countries. POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Process > Leadership. POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > National. POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Ideologies > General.

Table of Contents:

1. Introduction
2. Theoretical expectations about speechmaking
3. How to analyse speeches and legislative debates
4. Who speaks in European parliaments?
5. Who speaks against the party?
6. Conclusions about legislative speechmaking.