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...Lasīt vairāk
Northern Irelands 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 i...Lasīt vairāk
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 adole...Lasīt vairāk
This book combines mainstream historical and social science approaches with cultural theory to consider how parliamentary ritual is constructed through ceremony, space and socialisation.This book was published as a special issue of the ...Lasīt vairāk
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...Lasīt vairāk
This book examines the working procedures of parliamentary party groups within specialized committees - the backstage but primary means for MPs to influence policy....Lasīt vairāk
This book offers an in-depth look at how particular countries and the European Union conduct Post-Legislative Scrutiny. The analysis puts Post-Legislative Scrutiny in the context of parliamentary oversight and parliaments engagement in the leg...Lasīt vairāk
Northern Irelands 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...Lasīt vairāk
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...Lasīt vairāk
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...Lasīt vairāk
This book examines the working procedures of parliamentary party groups within specialized committees - the backstage but primary means for MPs to influence policy....Lasīt vairāk
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 beha...Lasīt vairāk
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...Lasīt vairāk
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 a...Lasīt vairāk
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 ove...Lasīt vairāk
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 democra...Lasīt vairāk
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 sup...Lasīt vairāk
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...Lasīt vairāk
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 particip...Lasīt vairāk
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 democra...Lasīt vairāk
In an attempt to strengthen the legitimacy of 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....Lasīt vairāk
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 particip...Lasīt vairāk
Parliamentary questions are a feature of almost all national legislatures. Despite this, we know very little about how questions are used by MPs and what impact questions have on controlling the government. This volume advances our theoretical and...Lasīt vairāk
The international economic crisis has hit Europe, especially its periphery, remarkably hard, and has had deep consequences at the economic and political levels. Since its onset, parties in parliament (especially those in opposition) have found t...Lasīt vairāk
The relationship between a head of government (head of the executive branch) and a nations parliament or legislative assembly (the legislative branch) has long been the focus for comment and analysis - for example, has the prime minister in the Unit...Lasīt vairāk
This book is unique as the only book on the Portuguese parliament in English. The Portuguese parliament is a valuable case study to understand the different stages of development of a newly democratic parliament. From Legislation to Legitimation...Lasīt vairāk
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 iden...Lasīt vairāk
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.Issu...Lasīt vairāk
The international economic crisis has hit Europe, especially its periphery, remarkably hard, and has had deep consequences at the economic and political levels. Since its onset, parties in parliament (especially those in opposition) have found t...Lasīt vairāk
Despite real improvements since the beginning of the last decade, legislative studies are still underdeveloped in France, compared to other modern democracies. This weakness is linked to the characteristics of the political system itself: the Cons...Lasīt vairāk
The relationship between parliaments and citizens is one of the least studied subjects in legislative studies, yet this is a crucial dimension to understand parliaments and the role they play in our political systems. Furthermore, this relationship h...Lasīt vairāk
