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Although the Scottish Parliament has often been presented as a form of ‘new politics’, it is essentially a Westminster-style Parliament (Mitchell 2010b). Its electoral system is its most obvious distinguishing feature but in terms of the classic functions of parliaments (Copeland and Patterson 1994: 154), Holyrood is part of the Westminster family. This is evident in its linkage function, the relationship between the electorate and the government – in choosing the legislative branch, Scottish voters also (indirectly) choose the executive branch.
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© 2014 Christopher Carman, Robert Johns and James Mitchell
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Carman, C., Johns, R., Mitchell, J. (2014). Parties and Leaders. In: More Scottish than British. The Comparative Territorial Politics Series. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137023704_3
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