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Palgrave Democracy In Practice Ceremony And Ritual In Parliament 2014 Edition by S. Rai R. Johnson
This collection makes a compelling case for the importance of studying ceremony and ritual in deepening our understanding of modern democratic parliaments. It reveals through rich case studies that modes of behaviour the negotiation of political and physical spaces and the creation of specific institutional cultures underpin democracy in practice Table of contents : Introducing Democracy in Practice: Ceremony and Ritual in Parliament; Rachel E. Johnson and Shirin M. Rai PART I: PERFORMING REPRESENTATION 1. Representing Democracy: Ceremony and Ritual in the Indian Parliament; Shirin M. Rai 2. Westminster Parliamentarians: Performing Politics; Emma Crewe 3. Negotiating Gendered Institutions: Women's Parliamentary Friendships; Sarah Childs 4. The Emergence and Impact of First Female Speakers; Faith Armitage Rachel E. Johnson and Carole Spary PART II: DELIBERATION AND DISRUPTION 5. Proceduralising the Plenary as a Public Sphere; Victoria Hasson 6. Prime Minister's Questions as Political Ritual; Joni Lovenduski 7. The Indian Parliament: Performing Decline Since the 1960s; Bairavee Balasubramaniam 8. Disrupting Deliberation? Comparing Repertoires of Parliamentary Representation; Carole Spary Faith Armitage and Rachel E. Johnson PART III: SYMBOLIC SPACES 9. Space and Symbols: Transforming Parliamentary Buildings; Georgina Waylen 10. The Archi-texture of Parliament Nirmal Puwar 11. Pageantry as Politics: The Opening of Parliaments; Rachel E. Johnson Faith Armitage and Carole Spary