Comparative Legislatures
Author: Michael L. Mezey
Publisher: Durham, N.C. : Duke University Press
Published: 1979
Total Pages: 332
ISBN-13:
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The Iberian Legislatures in Comparative Perspective
Author: Jorge M. Fernandes
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Published: 2019-05-23
Total Pages: 295
ISBN-13: 1351065211
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This comprehensive book analyses the development of the legislatures in the Iberian countries over the past 40 years, since democracy was introduced, to comparatively understand their role in these political systems and in sustaining their democratic systems. Sharing many historical developments and institutional characteristics, Spain and Portugal also present crucial differences, notably Spain’s pure parliamentary system, a King as Head of State and a quasi-federal structure, and Portugal’s semi-presidential democracy. Starting with a historical and institutional contextualization of these two legislatures, the book examines the most important organizational and behavioural features of legislative life in Iberian legislatures in a comparative perspective. It also shows how new legislatures develop resilience capacity to support lasting democratic systems as fully fledged institutionalized bodies. This book will be of key interest to scholars and students of Spain and Portugal, legislative politics and parliamentarianism, and more broadly to European politics and comparative politics, journalists and practitioners.
Legislatures of Small States
Author: Nicholas Baldwin
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2013
Total Pages: 234
ISBN-13: 0415538335
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This book provides a comparative study of the legislatures of small nations, states and territories, to explore the extent to which size is a factor in how they function and fulfil the roles and responsibility of a legislature. Though the physical nature and environment of states is a neglected subject in political science research, this book examines the impact of small state size on the structure and functions of legislatures and contributes to a better understanding of the interplay of physical and social factors. Focussing on legislatures in democratic nations or in territories that are parts of democratic units, the book features case studies on Malta, Bermuda, Jersey, Guernsey, Gibraltar, Hong Kong, Lesotho, Liechtenstein, the Isle of Man, Commonwealth Caribbean, Nunavut (Canada), Pacific islands, Swaziland, and Scotland. Contributors employ an interdisciplinary approach to examine both the outcomes and causes of different political mechanisms, and bring to the surface underlying correlation between small states through their analysis. Legislatures of Small States will be of interest to students and scholars of international politics, comparative politics and legislative studies.
Legislative Voting and Accountability
Author: John M. Carey
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2008-12-15
Total Pages: 217
ISBN-13: 1139476793
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Legislatures are the core representative institutions in modern democracies. Citizens want legislatures to be decisive, and they want accountability, but they are frequently disillusioned with the representation legislators deliver. Political parties can provide decisiveness in legislatures, and they may provide collective accountability, but citizens and political reformers frequently demand another type of accountability from legislators – at the individual level. Can legislatures provide both kinds of accountability? This book considers what collective and individual accountability require and provides the most extensive cross-national analysis of legislative voting undertaken to date. It illustrates the balance between individualistic and collective representation in democracies, and how party unity in legislative voting shapes that balance. In addition to quantitative analysis of voting patterns, the book draws on extensive field and archival research to provide an extensive assessment of legislative transparency throughout the Americas.
Democratic Legislative Institutions: A Comparative View
Author: David M. Olson
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2015-02-24
Total Pages: 185
ISBN-13: 1317473140
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This text summarizes the research on, and experiences of, democratic legislatures around the world. It focuses on what legislatures are and what they do - as both consequence of and contributor to democratic self-government.
Comparing and Classifying Legislatures
Author: David Arter
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2013-09-13
Total Pages: 291
ISBN-13: 1317998154
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Recent years have witnessed substantial work in the legislative studies field. But what do we know about legislatures today and are there clear criteria for comparing and classifying them? This is a new review of the state of our knowledge of parliament and tackles key questions: Do legislatures matter in legislative terms, and, if so, how much? What is the extent of the legislature’s control of the legislative process. How can we classify legislatures on the basis of their relative legislative performance. Five measures of the policy power of parliaments are applied in the country/region chapters. This book was previously published as a special issue of the leading Journal of Legislative Studies.
Legislatures
Author: Gerhard Loewenberg
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Published: 2002
Total Pages: 426
ISBN-13: 9780472067909
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Explores the implications of recent research on the U.S. Congress for legislative research outside the United States
The Legislative Process
Author: David M. Olson
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Published: 1980
Total Pages: 504
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The Oxford Handbook of Political Economy
Author: Barry R. Weingast
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 2008-06-19
Total Pages: 1112
ISBN-13: 0199548471
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Over its lifetime, 'political economy' has had different meanings. This handbook views political economy as a synthesis of the various strands of social science, treating it as the methodology of economics applied to the analysis of political behaviour and institutions.
Legislatures and the Budget Process
Author: J. Wehner
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2010-06-23
Total Pages: 193
ISBN-13: 0230281575
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →What is the role of legislatures in the budget process? Do powerful assemblies give rise to pro-spending bias? This survey of legislative budgeting tackles these questions using cross-national data and case studies. It highlights the tension between legislative authority and prudent fiscal policy, exploring strategies for reconciliation.
