Democracy in Practice: Ceremony and Ritual in Parliament

Front Matter....Pages i-xiii
Introducing Democracy in Practice: Ceremony and Ritual in Parliament....Pages 1-17
Front Matter....Pages 19-19
Representing Democracy: Ceremony and Ritual in the Indian Parliament....Pages 21-39
Westminster parlimentarians: Performing Politics....Pages 40-59
Negotiating Gendered Institutions: Women’s Parliamentary Friendships at Westminster....Pages 60-84
The Emergence and Impact of First Female Speakers in the UK, South Africa and India....Pages 85-107
Front Matter....Pages 109-109
Proceduralising the Plenary as a Public Sphere in South Africa....Pages 111-131
Prime Minister’s Questions as Political Ritual at Westminster....Pages 132-162
The Indian Parliament: Performing Decline since the 1960s....Pages 163-181
Disrupting Deliberation? Comparing Repertoires of Parliamentary Representation in India, the UK and South Africa....Pages 182-208
Front Matter....Pages 209-209
Space and Symbols: Transforming Parliamentary Buildings in South Africa and Germany....Pages 211-233
The Archi-Texture of Parliament at Westminster....Pages 234-250
Pageantry as Politics: The State Opening of Parliaments in South Africa, India and the UK....Pages 251-270
Back Matter....Pages 271-275