Overview
- Theorises the parliamentary style of politics
- Constructs an ideal parliamentary type
- Connects five aspects of parliamentary politics: procedure, rhetoric, government, actors and time
Part of the book series: Rhetoric, Politics and Society (RPS)
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Table of contents (9 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
Keywords
- parliamentary politics
- parliamentary procedure
- parliamentary rhetoric
- Max Weber's political theory
- parliamentary acting
- forms of politics
- rhetoric of parliamentary debate
- parliamentary formation
- control of goverment
- parliamentarians
- role of politicians
- rhetoric of parliamentary representation
- parliamentary government
- parliamentary language
- parliamentary freedom
- parliamentary time
- parliamentary control
- political theory
- anti-proceduralism
- Westminster parliament
- democracy
About this book
The parliamentary style of politics has been formed over centuries; nobody theorised it in advance. This book presents a thought experiment to spell out key principles of the parliamentary ideal type of politics. Max Weber offers the main intellectual inspiration, Westminster parliament provides the main historical reference and the author’s studies on parliamentary procedure and rhetoric provide the background for the book. Parliamentary acting and thinking offer us the best example of politics as a contingent and controversial activity. Using a parliamentary imagination, the author constructs the ideal type in five main chapters: dissensual modes of proceeding; rhetoric of parliamentary debate; parliamentary formation and control of government; parliamentarians as politicians; and parliamentary time as their common subtext. In the last two chapters, the book outlines the possibilities of extending parliamentary judgment to politics beyond parliaments proper and the chancesfor parliamentary politics succeeding today.
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Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Kari Palonen is Emeritus Professor of Political Science, University of Jyväskylä, Finland. His main research interests include: the concept of politics, Max Weber studies, conceptual history and parliamentary politics. Among his recent publications are A Political Style of Thinking: Essays on Max Weber (2017) and Debates, Rhetoric and Political Action (2017, with Claudia Wiesner and Taru Haapala). He is also editor-in-chief of the journal Redescriptions.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Parliamentary Thinking
Book Subtitle: Procedure, Rhetoric and Time
Authors: Kari Palonen
Series Title: Rhetoric, Politics and Society
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-90533-4
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-90532-7Published: 18 July 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-08037-2Published: 19 January 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-90533-4Published: 05 July 2018
Series ISSN: 2947-5147
Series E-ISSN: 2947-5155
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 270
Topics: Political Theory, Democracy, British Politics, Governance and Government