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Rituals in Parliaments

其他書名	Political, Anthropological and Historical Perspectives on Europe and the United States
出版	Peter Lang, 2006
主題	History / Europe / GeneralPolitical Science / American Government / Legislative BranchPolitical Science / History & TheoryPolitical Science / Political Process / GeneralPolitical Science / World / EuropeanSocial Science / Anthropology / GeneralSocial Science / Ethnic Studies / General
ISBN	08204655349780820465531
URL	http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=QREJJQAACAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api

註釋By bringing together three different academic disciplines -- anthropology, political science and history -- and covering a variety of different parliamentary assemblies, both in Europe and in the United States, this book aims to offer a fresh approach to parliamentary studies. The authors assess the importance of ritual and symbolic communication in different parliamentary settings. The underlying question that each practitioner and scholar addresses is: Do parliamentary rituals really matter? Some of the contributors argue that legislative procedure is more telling of the role and reputation that a parliament has in a given society than its rituals and ceremonies. Others stress the relevance of these ritual expressions for conveying political sense and meaning to the public.