The Changing Nature of the House of Commons: External Challenges — Internal Reinforcements

摘要: Parliamentarianism, as Kurt Sontheimer has observed, a great traditionl. However, with many concepts enjoying longevity and positive connotations, defining what is entailed by the term poses problems. “Essential to reasonable understanding of parliamentarianism”, suggests Sontheimer, “is that parliament its own authority, it indispensable for formulation state will — is, primarily legislation also capable subjecting government installed (the parliamentary system in fullest sense) or which works side certain amount control”2. Such broad rubric provides us opportunity identify systems. But when we turn particulars those systems, expected parliaments occupy them? As Professor notes, western world have fulfil quite different functions within their systems government. Those are not static. The nineteenth century was seen heyday parliamentarianism. Since then, pressures democracy industrialisation led ‘decline’ parliamentarianism, various ascribed being dispensed with, others fulfilled less than optimum effectiveness. For political scientist, problem one discerning trends common decline parliamentarianism specific particular parliament. A study both history contemporary position British House Commons demonstrates well difficulty enterprise.