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On Legislatures

The Puzzle of Representation

By: Gerhard Loewenberg

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On Legislatures

The Puzzle of Representation

By: Gerhard Loewenberg

On Legislatures looks at why people support their individual representatives but continue to criticise the legislative system at every opportunity. Although legislatures exist in every political system and are meant to represent the people, they are generally disparaged because they appear both unrepresentative and indecisive. Gerhard Loewenberg explains this puzzling contradiction by examining what representation means and what it takes for a large number of equally representative members to reach decisions. It also describes the methods for studying legislatures that have been developed in the social sciences in the last half century and shows their importance in democratic societies throughout the world. On Legislatures gets to the heart of the current disconnect between legislatures and the public they are supposed to represent.

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Routledge

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1317255143

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9781317255147

Handbook of Legislative Research

By: Gerhard Loewenberg

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Handbook of Legislative Research

By: Gerhard Loewenberg

The Handbook of Legislative Research, a comprehensive summary of the results of research on nineteenth and twentieth-century legislatures, is itself a landmark in the evolution of legislative studies. Gathered here are surveys by leading scholars in the field, each providing inventory of an important subfield, an extensive bibliography, and a systematic assessment of what has been accomplished and what directions future research must take.

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Harvard University Press

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0674370759

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9780674370753

On Legislatures

The Puzzle of Representation

By: Gerhard Loewenberg

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The Puzzle of Representation

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1317255151

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9781317255154

British and French Parliaments in Comparative Perspective

By: Gerhard Loewenberg

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British and French Parliaments in Comparative Perspective

By: Gerhard Loewenberg

The representative assembly, or parliament, as it is most widely called, is at once an old, a ubiquitous, and a controversial political institution. In this century it has attracted the criticism of both disillusioned democrats and true believers in the superior representatives of mass movements or of charismatic leaders. Even among its supporters the institution is constantly the object of reform. This book deals with parliament (the generic term for what also may be known as legislature, congress, assembly, diet, or knesset), what it has been and is, what it does and should do, and what may become of it.In a wide-ranging and excellently organized introductory essay, Loewenberg defines the parliamentary institution and discusses its role in modern times. He points out that since its appearance in the Middle Ages, the parliamentary system has been adopted by almost every country, including in recent years the newly independent nations of Africa and the Middle East. This essay is followed by differing and often contradictory views, by American and European scholars, of the role of a parliament. Issues are defined in the form of examinations of specific parliamentary bodies, such as the House of Commons, the Bundestag, the French Parliament under the Fifth Republic, and the Indian Parliament.Writing from the perspective of different national experiences, the contributors display varied perceptions and expectations of the institution, noting those that sustain it even while they make it controversial. Intended primarily as provocative reading for students of comparative government and comparative political institutions; this book illuminates "one of the most enduring and widely applicable inventions of political man, thus making it also a valuable work for scholars as well as practitioners of the political and party process.

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190

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1351530712

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9781351530712

Moved by Politics

12 Episodes in an Academic Life : a Memoir

By: Gerhard Loewenberg

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Moved by Politics

12 Episodes in an Academic Life : a Memoir

By: Gerhard Loewenberg

In 1936, at the age of 7, Gerhard Loewenberg emigrated from Nazi Germany with his family to begin a new life in America. He spent his young years exploring New York City and American culture while anxiously following the news from war-torn Europe. A keen awareness of world affairs led him into a distinguished career in political science. In this memoir, he recounts 12 episodes in his personal and professional life. They reflect the academic world in the second half of the 20th century, describing the events, decisions, and twists of fate that landed him his first academic appointment at a women's liberal arts college, his research on the German parliament as a Fulbright scholar, his adaptation to the changing discipline of political science, and the route that led him to become a prominent member of the faculty of The University of Iowa, Dean of its College of Liberal Arts, and co-founder of the Legislative Studies Quarterly.

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131

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0974588113

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9780974588117

Hitler's Children

The Hitler Youth and the SS

By: Gerhard Rempel

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Hitler's Children

The Hitler Youth and the SS

By: Gerhard Rempel

Eighty-two percent of German boys and girls between the ages of ten and eighteen belonged to Hitlerjugend--Hitler Youth--or one of its affiliates by the time membership became fully compulsory in 1939. These adolescents were recognized by the SS, an exclusive cadre of Nazi zealots, as a source of future recruits to its own elite ranks, which were made up largely of men under the age of thirty. In this book, Gerhard Rempel examines the special relationship that developed between these two most youthful and dynamic branches of the National Socialist movement and concludes that the coalition gave nazism much of its passionate energy and contributed greatly to its initial political and military success. Rempel center his analysis of the HJ-SS relationship on two branches of the Hitler Youth. The first of these, the Patrol Service, was established as a juvenile police force to pursue ideological and social deviants, political opponents, and non-conformists within the HJ and among German youth at large. Under SS influence, however, membership in the organization became a preliminary apprenticeship for boys who would go on to be agents and soldiers in such SS-controlled units as the Gestapo and Death's Head Formations. The second, the Land Service, was created by HJ to encourage a return to farm living. But this battle to reverse "the flight from the land" took on military significance as the SS sought to use the Land Service to create "defense-peasants" who would provide a reliable food supply while defending the Fatherland. The transformation of the Patrol and Land services, like that of the HJ generally, served SS ends at the same time that it secured for the Nazi regime the practical and ideological support of Germany's youth. By fostering in the Hitler Youth as "national community" of the young, the SS believed it could convert the popular movement of nazism into a protomilitary program to produce ideologically pure and committed soldiers and leaders who would keep the movement young and vital.

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UNC Press Books

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1469620618

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British and French Parliaments in Comparative Perspective

By: Gerhard Loewenberg

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On Legislatures

On Legislatures

Handbook of Legislative Research

Handbook of Legislative Research

On Legislatures

On Legislatures

British and French Parliaments in Comparative Perspective

British and French Parliaments in Comparative Perspective

Moved by Politics

Moved by Politics

Hitler's Children

Hitler's Children

British and French Parliaments in Comparative Perspective

British and French Parliaments in Comparative Perspective

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