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Who said 'party is inherent in it, is bone of its bone and breath of its breath', about the HoC?
Walter Bagehot
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Who described the UK parliament as 'policy-influencing' rather than 'policy-making'?
Norton
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What % of private members bills passed in the commons between 2005 and 2010?
23%
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Who said ' a govt with a parliamentary system is virtually certain of having at least 2/3 of all govt proposals enacted as law'?
Richard Rose
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What are Polsby's distinctions in reference to the legislature?
'arena' and 'transformative'
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What are the two explanations for party unity?
natural cohension of preferences and party discipline
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Why does Norton say that governments are most likely to fail in election years?
MPs defy the party line for personal gain
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Who suggests that there is clear evidence showing the link between the increase in party cohesion in voting and an increase in the number of ministerial roles?
Mair
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Nice quote about defying the party line?
'the battlefields of European politics are littered with the corpses of those who have defied the party line'
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What are the objections to the view of MPs as passive?
deterrent effect and better influence behind the scenes
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What did Thatcher say on the deterrent effect?
'I would like to be tougher on public spending. But I have to do what I think will get through parliament'
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How do closed lists manufacture unity?
party leaders control make-up of their party
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Who says that changes to legislation made by backbenchers are 'marginal and cosmetic'?
Norton
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Who argues that committees are just extensions of party power?
Strom
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What do Aldrich and Rohde say about the power of the party leadership?
'members are more likely to entrust the party leadership with greater resources and stronger rules, on the condition that preferences are relatively homogenous within parties and relatively heterogenous between parties'
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What does Cran note about political parties?
they have 'always tended to be coalitions'
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What are the problems with committees?
lack of accountability and oligopoly of information
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What are the main advantages of open and closed lists respectively?
better quality MPs vs better party unity
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Who said that the upper chamber forms a 'deliberative assembly of the nation' rather than a 'mere congress of ambassadors'?
Burke
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What did Hamilton say the upper chamber afforded protection against?
'an excess of law-making'
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Which president said 'Congress in session is Congress on public exhibition, whilst Congress in its committee rooms is Congress at work'?
Wilson
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