Chapter 1 Introduction: A Global Perspective on the Role of Parliamentary Administrations

---

The idea of ?parliamentary administration? might appear, at ?rst sight, like an oxymoron: parliaments are the domain of politicians, the elected representatives of the people, whereas administrations are commonly understood as the executive bureaucracies carrying out the tasks of governments. The historical development of parliamentary administrations has taken di?erent forms in di?erent countries, making it di?cult to generalize. The most delicate issue regarding parliamentary administrations concerns the nature of the activity they perform. The comparative analysis of the data contained in the various country-speci?c chapters demonstrates several commonalities and di?erences in relation to certain fundamental organizational and functional options of parliamentary administrations. The very ?rst observation in this context concerns the size of parliamentary administrations. A second dimension of framing the distinctive features of parliamentary administrations is the degree of budgetary autonomy. Looking more closely at recent developments, a number of contemporary challenges can be identi?ed that parliamentary administrations have had to confront in the 21st century.

---

Informasi Detail

Bahasa

English

ISBN/ISSN

978-1-003-18152-1

Klasifikasi

-

Edisi

-

Subjek

Governance
Democracy
EU
parliamentary administrations
legislative studies
Europeanisation
parliamentary democracies
parliament
European Union
administrations
Europeanization

File Digital

Komentar

---

Anda harus masuk sebelum memberikan komentar