<ul> <li> This cross-disciplinary collection locates the essence of parliamentarism in four key aspects-deliberation representation responsibility and sovereignty.</li> <li> Explores the different ways in which they have been contested reshaped and implemented in a series of representative national and regional case studies.</li> <li> One of the first comparative studies in conceptual history.</li> <li> Focuses on debates about the nature of parliament and parliamentarism within and across different European countries representative institutions and genres of political discourse.<br /> </li></ul>