Library of Legislative Studies – serie
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54 produkter
MPs’ Roles and Representation
Orientations, Incentives and Behaviours in Italy
Inbunden, 2021
2525 kr
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This book examines the content of MPs’ activities through which parliamentarians generate representative claims. Challenging the idea that studying individual representation is a futile exercise, this book shows that looking at the opinions and behavioural patterns of parliamentarians can shed …
Northern Ireland Assembly
Reputations and Realities
Av Sean Haughey
Inbunden, 2023
2600 kr
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Northern Ireland’s power- sharing Assembly is understudied in the legislative studies literature. Having been suspended (or de facto suspended) for around 40% of its existence, conversation has tended to focus more on the wider political problems in which the Assembly has been enmeshed and less on …
Impact of Legislatures
A Quarter-Century of The Journal of Legislative Studies
Inbunden, 2020
2525 kr
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The Impact of Legislatures brings together key articles and path-breaking scholarship published in The Journal of Legislative Studies during its first 25 years of publication, enabling the reader to make sense of the impact of legislatures in the modern world.Encompassing theory, comparative …
Impact of Legislatures
A Quarter-Century of The Journal of Legislative Studies
Häftad, 2024
695 kr
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The Impact of Legislatures brings together key articles and path-breaking scholarship published in The Journal of Legislative Studies during its first 25 years of publication, enabling the reader to make sense of the impact of legislatures in the modern world.Encompassing theory, comparative …
Regional Parliaments
Effective Actors in EU Policy-Making?
Av Gabriele Abels, Anna-Lena Hogenauer
Häftad, 2020
724 kr
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In an attempt to strengthen the legitimacy of European Union (EU) policy-making, the 2009 Lisbon Treaty strengthened the principle of parliamentary control in EU affairs. This pertains to parliaments at all levels ranging from the regional to the supranational level. This book analyses the …
Parliamentary Committees in the Policy Process
Av Sven T. Siefken, Hilmar Rommetvedt
Inbunden, 2021
2525 kr
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This book sheds new light on the often shadowy, but essential role of committees, which exist in modern parliaments around the globe, and it questions the conventional notion that the ‘real’ work of parliament happens in committees.Renowned country specialists take a close look at what goes on in …
Parliamentary Committees in the Policy Process
Av Sven T. Siefken, Hilmar Rommetvedt
Häftad, 2023
695 kr
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This book sheds new light on the often shadowy, but essential role of committees, which exist in modern parliaments around the globe, and it questions the conventional notion that the ‘real’ work of parliament happens in committees.Renowned country specialists take a close look at what goes on in …
Parliaments and Post-Legislative Scrutiny
Av Franklin de Vrieze, Philip Norton
Inbunden, 2020
2525 kr
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To what extent have parliaments a responsibility to monitor how laws are implemented as intended and have the expected impact? Is the practice of Post-Legislative Scrutiny emerging as a new dimension within the oversight role of parliament? What approach do parliaments apply in assessing the …
Parliaments and Post-Legislative Scrutiny
Av Franklin de Vrieze, Philip Norton
Häftad, 2023
695 kr
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To what extent have parliaments a responsibility to monitor how laws are implemented as intended and have the expected impact? Is the practice of Post-Legislative Scrutiny emerging as a new dimension within the oversight role of parliament? What approach do parliaments apply in assessing the …
Parliamentary Committees in a Party-Centred Context
Looking Behind the Scenes
Inbunden, 2022
2525 kr
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This book examines the working procedures of parliamentary party groups within specialised committees - the backstage but primary means for MPs to influence policy.It explains which MPs specialise in particular policy areas, how they make policy choices in committees, and, subsequently, how these …
Parliamentary Committees in a Party-Centred Context
Looking Behind the Scenes
Häftad, 2024
685 kr
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This book examines the working procedures of parliamentary party groups within specialised committees - the backstage but primary means for MPs to influence policy.It explains which MPs specialise in particular policy areas, how they make policy choices in committees, and, subsequently, how these …
Iberian Legislatures in Comparative Perspective
Av Jorge M. Fernandes, Cristina Leston-Bandeira
Häftad, 2020
724 kr
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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 …
Parliamentary Communication in EU Affairs
Connecting with the Electorate?
Häftad, 2020
695 kr
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Over the last twenty years, the role of national parliaments in EU affairs has gained considerable academic attention. Much of the literature, however, has focused on parliamentary scrutiny and control in EU affairs. What tends to be generally overlooked is that the parliamentary communication …
Legislature of Brazil
An Analysis of Its Policy-Making and Public Engagement Roles
Av Cristiane Brum Bernardes, Cristina Leston-Bandeira m. fl.
Häftad, 2019
490 kr
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This book develops a critical analysis of the Brazilian legislature, specifically the role of its lower chamber, the Chamber of Deputies, in policy making and how this combines with its public engagement role, namely in terms of promoting participation and transparency. The book draws from Nelson …
People's Congresses and Governance in China
Toward a Network Mode of Governance
Av Ming Xia
Inbunden, 2007
2525 kr
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This book provides a balanced assessment of China’s communist rule, its viability as well as its prospect of democracy.The People's Congresses and Governance in China presents a complex but convincing analysis of the transformation of governance in China. As the first systemic and theoretical study …
Southern European Parliaments in Democracy
Inbunden, 2005
2525 kr
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Southern European Parliaments in Democracy analyses the development of the parliaments of Greece, Italy, Portugal, Spain and Turkey since the mid-1980s. This book considers the challenges of the transition to democracy and outlines how the Parliaments of Southern Europe have adapted to the …
Cohesion and Discipline in Legislatures
Inbunden, 2005
2525 kr
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The existence of noticeable 'unified' parties is central to the theory and practice of democracy in general, and to parliamentary democracy in particular. However, legislative studies scholars have good reason to cease treating parties as monolithic, unitary actors, for they evidently are not. The …
Executive Leadership and Legislative Assemblies
Inbunden, 2005
2315 kr
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The relationship between a head of government (head of the executive branch) and a nation's parliament or legislative assembly (the legislative branch) has long been the focus for comment and analysis - for example, has the prime minister in the United Kingdom come to a position of dominance at the …
Post-Communist and Post-Soviet Parliaments
The Initial Decade
Av Philip Norton, David M. Olson
Inbunden, 2007
2525 kr
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The sudden collapse of communism stimulated both the rapid emergence of fledgling democracies and scholarly attention to the post-communist transition. These newly democratized parliaments have been described as "parliaments in adolescence". This book identifies six parliaments which exemplify the …
Europeanisation of Parliamentary Democracy
Inbunden, 2006
2759 kr
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This groundbreaking new study shows how the process of creating an ever closer European Union affects not only the policy-making, but also the politics and polity of the Member States. Empirical studies on the domestic impact of Europe identified different forms of Europeanization due to …
Comparing and Classifying Legislatures
Av David Arter
Inbunden, 2007
2826 kr
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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 …
Parliamentary Opposition in Old and New Democracies
Av Ludger Helms
Inbunden, 2008
3082 kr
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Previously published as a special issue of the Journal of Legislative Studies, this volume offers a broad comparative assessment of the many faces of parliamentary opposition in different political, legal and cultural settings.Issues of political opposition, and of parliamentary opposition in …
Internet and European Parliamentary Democracy
A Comparative Study of the Ethics of Political Communication in the Digital Age
Inbunden, 2008
2525 kr
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This book investigates the ethical challenges the internet presents to contemporary parliamentary democracy in Europe and how these challenges are being addressed. It fills an important gap: current literature until now has largely focused on the study of internet usage by politicians and …
Post-Communist and Post-Soviet Parliaments
The Initial Decade
Av Philip Norton, David M. Olson
Häftad, 2009
754 kr
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The sudden collapse of communism stimulated both the rapid emergence of fledgling democracies and scholarly attention to the post-communist transition. These newly democratized parliaments have been described as "parliaments in adolescence". This book identifies six parliaments which exemplify the …
Cohesion and Discipline in Legislatures
Häftad, 2011
754 kr
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The existence of noticeable 'unified' parties is central to the theory and practice of democracy in general, and to parliamentary democracy in particular. However, legislative studies scholars have good reason to cease treating parties as monolithic, unitary actors, for they evidently are not. The …
Legislatures of Small States
A Comparative Study
Inbunden, 2012
2525 kr
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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 …
Ceremony and Ritual in Parliament
Inbunden, 2011
2759 kr
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Ceremony and Ritual in Parliament breaks new ground in the study of legislatures. It combines mainstream historical and social science approaches with cultural theory to consider how parliamentary ritual is constructed through ceremony, space and socialisation. The focus is on the marginalised …
Post-Communist Parliaments
Change and Stability in the Second Decade
Av David M. Olson, Gabriella Ilonszki
Inbunden, 2011
2525 kr
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At the end of the "founding" or initial decade, the new parliaments of post-Communist Europe had developed two distinct types: democratic and presidentially-dominated. Whilst in the early years, they had been characterised as "parliaments in adolescence," they have - through the second decade - …
Comparing and Classifying Legislatures
Av David Arter
Häftad, 2009
691 kr
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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 …
Internet and European Parliamentary Democracy
A Comparative Study of the Ethics of Political Communication in the Digital Age
Häftad, 2010
695 kr
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This book investigates the ethical challenges the internet presents to contemporary parliamentary democracy in Europe and how these challenges are being addressed. It fills an important gap: current literature until now has largely focused on the study of internet usage by politicians and …
