This collection makes a compelling case for the importance of studying ceremony and ritual in deepening our understanding of modern democratic parliaments. It reveals through rich case studies that modes of behaviour, the negotiation of political and physical spaces and the creation of specific institutional cultures, underpin democracy in practice
Inhoudsopgave
Introducing Democracy in Practice: Ceremony and Ritual in Parliament; Rachel E. Johnson and Shirin M. Rai PART I: PERFORMING REPRESENTATION 1. Representing Democracy: Ceremony and Ritual in the Indian Parliament; Shirin M. Rai 2. Westminster Parliamentarians: Performing Politics; Emma Crewe 3. Negotiating Gendered Institutions: Women’s Parliamentary Friendships; Sarah Childs 4. The Emergence and Impact of First Female Speakers; Faith Armitage, Rachel E. Johnson and Carole Spary PART II: DELIBERATION AND DISRUPTION 5. Proceduralising the Plenary as a Public Sphere; Victoria Hasson 6. Prime Minister’s Questions as Political Ritual; Joni Lovenduski 7. The Indian Parliament: Performing Decline Since the 1960s; Bairavee Balasubramaniam 8. Disrupting Deliberation? Comparing Repertoires of Parliamentary Representation; Carole Spary, Faith Armitage and Rachel E. Johnson PART III: SYMBOLIC SPACES 9. Space and Symbols: Transforming Parliamentary Buildings; Georgina Waylen 10. The Archi-texture of Parliament Nirmal Puwar 11. Pageantry as Politics: The Opening of Parliaments; Rachel E. Johnson, Faith Armitage and Carole Spary
Over de auteur
Faith Armitage, University of Manchester, UK Bairavee Balasubramaniam, University of Warwick, UK Sarah Childs, University of Bristol, UK Emma Crewe University of Hertfordshire, UK Victoria Hasson’s, the Democratic Alliance, South Africa Joni Lovenduski, Birkbeck College, University of London, UK Nirmal Puwar, Goldsmiths, London University, UK Carole Spary, University of York, UK Georgina Waylen, University of Manchester, UK
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