Consensus and Structure in Legislative Norms

Party Discipline in the House of Commons

Datos Bibliográficos

ID6384792
AutoresEdward Crowe, Edward W Crowe (autor de correspondencia)
Año1983
Volumen45
Número4
Páginas907-931
Fecha de publicación1983-11-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaThe Journal of Politics (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0022-3816 • E-ISSN: 1468-2508
EditorialUniversity of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2307/2130418
OpenAlexW2168013527
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas22
Referencias citadas29

Decisions about which attitudes toward legislative behavior should be treated as institutional norms depend on the method used to identify these attitudes and how consensus is measured. One result is that these decisions are sometimes inconsistent. They also may not be compatible with the generally held definition of the legislative norm as a rule governing behavior, which has been accepted by a majority of legislators. This study examines parliamentary attitudes toward breaches of discipline in the British House of Commons to identify those which should be treated as norms. Consensus on behavioral attitudes among MPs is measured with a technique which can be applied in any legislative setting, and the widespread agreement on party discipline norms is evidence of a stable structure of expectations maintained by effective communication and enforcement mechanisms

Commons · Enforcement · House of Commons · House of Representatives · Law and economics · Legislature · Norm (philosophy · Parliament · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Gender Politics and Representation · Judicial and Constitutional Studies · Law · Public Administration