Ceremony and Ritual in Parliament (Library of Legislative collection Studies)

Product Name: Ceremony and Ritual in Parliament (Library of Legislative collection Studies)
Brand：Rai, Shirin M. Edition：1 Publication Date：18-02-2011 Country of Origin：USA, United States Net Quantit/Number of Units：1 Dimensions LxWxH - Cms：6X0.9X9.1 ISBN-10：041555098X ISBN-13：9780415550987 SKU：DADAX041555098X Book Title：Ceremony and Ritual in Parliament (Library of Legislative Studies No collection of Pages：144 Release Title：Ceremony and Ritual in Parliament (Library of Legislative Studies ISBN：9780415550987
Product Description : Ceremony and Ritual in Parliament breaks new ground in the study of legislatures. It combines mainstream historical and social science approaches with cultural theory to consider how parliamentary ritual is constructed through ceremony, space and socialisation. The focus is on the marginalised groups especially women and members of ethnic minorities who seek inclusion as representatives in democratic legislatures.This book assesses aspects of the role that ceremony and ritual in legislatures play, especially but not exclusively, in their gendered and racialised dimensions. Within this broad frame, it considers the impact of space, identity, ritual and/or ceremony on the institutional form of parliament, how power is shaped within it, how the behaviour of members is facilitated, constrained and shaped, how power and rituals interact to and how they impinge upon the relationships between representative institutions and citizens. Contributions are theoretical and empirical, comparative or singlecountry studies of national or subnational legislatures. They have interdisciplinary, historical, or postcolonial perspectives that contribute to this emerging field in the study of parliaments.This book was previously published as a special issue of the Journal of Legislative Studies..