Table of Contents

1. Parliament in context
2. The origins and development of parliament
3. The functions of parliament
4. Parliament and democracy
5. The personnel of parliament
6. The professionalisation ofparliament
7. The organisation of business
8. The legislative role
9. The scrutiny role
10. Parliament and the people
11. Parliament and the government
12. Reforming parliament
Sources and further reading

About the Author

Michael Rush is Emeritus Professor of Politics at the University of Exeter

Reviews

"'I know no other book on Parliament that gives such a full and clear picture of what Parliament actually does. To learn about institutions is to learn very little unless we are told what they actually do, how they work and how they are used - and abused. Michael Rush has written a small masterpiece fusing the best of the old institutional school with best of the modern process and realism approach.' Sir Bernard Crick"