1996, ISBN: 0813119812

[EAN: 9780813119816], Neubuch, [PU: University Press of Kentucky, Lexington], Hardcover. The British House of Commons has entered a period of substantial change, moving from a state of pa… More...

[EAN: 9780813119816], Neubuch, [PU: University Press of Kentucky, Lexington], Hardcover. The British House of Commons has entered a period of substantial change, moving from a state of party cohesion and party leadership toward a more individualistic and active policy-making role. In the dynamic look at the British Parliament and its members, Philip Norton and David M. Wood highlight that change to more intensive constituency response and service on the part of individual members. Like members of the U.S. Congress, British Members of Parliament (MPs) are elected to represent geographical districts. The relationship between the MP and the constituency in Britain has become more important in recent years, but the major changes that have occurred in the relationship since the late 1960s have not been matched by extensive scholarly study. Some pathbreaking work has been done on the subject, but it remains overshadowed by the wealth of material focusing on MPs' activities within the legislative chambers at Westminster. This volume seeks to fill the gap by sketching and assessing the electoral significance of the MPs' constituency work and the broader political ramifications for the workings of the British Parliament. Its findings allow the MP to be seen in full. Norton and Wood argue that the constituency role has gained in importance in recent decades as MPs have become more career-oriented than their forerunners in mid-century. But a by-product of greater professionalism and careerism has been an expanded job description that may take MPs' time and energies away from playing a more effective role in helping to shape the broader policy alternatives for the United Kingdom. In The Heart of the Hills Fox revises his earlier thoughts about mountain people. He depicts more clearly than in his previous work just how they were exploited by outside industrialists - those men who, in the words of Fox's hero Jason Hawn, "got rich diggin' our coal an' cuttin' our timber" He also reveals the long-term impact of this exploitation on the environment. Having witnessed the ravages of clearcutting on his travels through the mountain country of Kentucky and Virginia in 1911-1912, Fox was all the more receptive to the warnings voiced by his environmentally conscious father. From their letters and diaries it is clear that John Fox Sr.'s influence permeates The Heart of the Hills; in this work, dedicated to his dying father, Fox determined to make amends to the mountain people. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability., Books<

1996, ISBN: 9780813119816

The University Press of Kentucky, Gebundene Ausgabe, Auflage: Reprint, 396 Seiten, Publiziert: 1996-11-14T00:00:01Z, Produktgruppe: Buch, 1.2 kg, Gegenwartsliteratur, Literatur & Fiktion,… More...

The University Press of Kentucky, Gebundene Ausgabe, Auflage: Reprint, 396 Seiten, Publiziert: 1996-11-14T00:00:01Z, Produktgruppe: Buch, 1.2 kg, Gegenwartsliteratur, Literatur & Fiktion, Kategorien, Bücher, Unterhaltungsliteratur, Fremdsprachige Bücher, Englische Bücher, The University Press of Kentucky, 1996<

ISBN: 9780813119816

hardback, [PU: University Press of Kentucky]