Parliamentary Committees in a Party-Centred Context

Looking Behind the Scenes

Tim Alexander Mickler (Leiden University, Netherlands)

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English

Routledge
29 January 2024

Social & political philosophy; Political structures: democracy; Political parties

Series: Library of Legislative Studies

This book examines the working procedures of parliamentary party groups within specialised committees - the backstage but primary means for MPs to influence policy.

It explains which MPs specialise in particular policy areas, how they make policy choices in committees, and, subsequently, how these individual decisions are aggregated and ‘unified’ within and via parliamentary party groups. In doing so, the book expertly reveals the internal working procedures of parliaments and the role of individual MPs vis-á-vis the parliamentary party group leadership. Based on an analysis of more than 3,000 committee assignments and over 100 in-depth interviews with MPs, it shows that individual experts in committees have a central role and decision-making power which is more varied and decentralised from the leadership than commonly assumed. It demonstrates that most policy decisions are prepared bottom-up rather than dictated top-down and that parliamentary party groups are not strictly hierarchical organisations dominated by elites.

This book will be of key interest to scholars and students of legislative and parliamentary studies, representative democracy, comparative politics, and journalists and practitioners within parliaments.

By: Tim Alexander Mickler (Leiden University Netherlands)
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 480g
ISBN: 9780367706135
ISBN 10: 036770613X
Series: Library of Legislative Studies
Pages: 278
Publication Date: 29 January 2024
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Tim Alexander Mickler is Assistant Professor at the Institute of Political Science, Leiden University, the Netherlands.