议会如何工作
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《议会如何工作（第7版）》乃自有议会以来，对议会如何运作的首次全面考察，不仅对议会的工作和日常给予了独一无二的洞察，更是结合实例全面权威介绍议会工作的惯例和行为，对议会的优点/弱点和如何更有成效进行了卓越的分析。自1987年以来已是第7版，是一部与时间同行的经典作品，被奉为“议会圣经”。
现代国家的政治竞争，在某种程度上，便是看谁更擅长开会。《议会如何工作》作者罗伯特•罗杰斯和罗德里•沃尔特斯在议会服务的时间加在一起超过了70年，两人在这部作品中的卓越工作，摘掉了那些玄奥的程序和怪异的语言的面纱，与普通读者分享了他们作为局内人的第一手知识，为理解议会如何工作的一部宝典：
◆对议会的工作和日常给予了独一无二的洞察
◆不仅描述发生了什么，还解释了为什么
◆结合实例全面权威介绍议会工作的惯例和行为
◆对议会的优点/弱点和如何更有成效进行了卓越的分析
《议会如何工作》一书的目标是：用直接明了的语言解释一个复杂的、经常演进的国家机构；对于事情如何发生和为什么发生给出一个内在参与者的感受；分析强势和弱点；而且检视议会可能发展的途径。议会的立法、控制支出、代表民众和问责政府等古老职能从来都重要；而且议会越有效率，它对其实际的所有者——人民——就服务得越好。
正如两位作者所言：如果一个人真正地理解了某事，他就会对它更为看重，这是符合人性的；因此我们希望《议会如何工作》继续扮演好它的角色。
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全面，权威，名副其实。对于任何一位需要了解议会的人来说，《议会如何工作》不可或缺。
——贝蒂•布思罗伊德，英国议会下院议长（1992—2000）
《议会如何工作》对议会的结构与发展作了精准的观察与分析，值得所有对民主演进有兴趣的读者一读。
——塔姆•戴利埃尔，英国议会下院元老（2001—2005）
如果议会想要和选民重新联结，首要之事在于让自身变得更容易让人理解。罗伯特•罗杰斯和罗德里•沃尔特斯的卓越工作，摘掉了那些玄奥的程序和怪异的语言的面纱，与普通读者分享了他们作为局内人的第一手知识。公众和下议员都将会发现，《议会如何工作》乃理解今天议会如何工作的宝典。
——罗宾•库克，英国议会下院领袖，现代委员会主席（2001—2003）
详尽而权威的导读，文字优雅，让人读来充满乐趣，着实是难得一见的精神飨宴。
——安东尼•杰伊，《是，大臣》作者
《议会如何工作》远非对议会精简的入门。尽管从事政治科学研究多年，我亦获得许多新的洞见。
——格瑞•斯托克，曼彻斯特大学教授
《议会如何工作》令人称道之处在于，不仅解释了威斯敏斯特里的奥秘，而且表明了它们为什么重要。
——彼特•利德尔，《泰晤士报》首席政治评论员
在英国宪制正处于这样一个变迁时刻之下，要想对当前的议会加以描述或许就如同在水面上作画。然而罗伯特•罗杰斯和罗德里•沃尔特斯却以其清晰优雅、价值非凡、与时俱进、冷峻而不失幽默的诠释，完成了这项几乎是不可能的任务。
——安德鲁•马尔，英国著名政治记者
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