Parliamentary Thinking

Kari Palonen is Emeritus Professor of Political Science, University of Jyväskylä, Finland. His main research interests include: the concept of politics, Max Weber studies, conceptual history and parliamentary politics. Among his recent publications are A Political Style of Thinking: Essays on Max Weber (2017) and Debates, Rhetoric and Political Action (2017, with Claudia Wiesner and Taru Haapala). He is also editor-in-chief of the journal Redescriptions.

• 1. Parliamentary politics as an activity.- 2. Thinking parliamentary politics as an ideal type.- 3. Parliamentary procedure: politics of dissensus.- 4. Deliberative rhetoric of parliamentary debate.- 5. Politics of parliamentary government.- 6. Parliamentary actors as politicians.- 7. Parliamentary time as a medium of politics.- 8. Degrees of acting parliamentarily.- 9. Chances for parliamentary politics  today.