Library of Legislative Studies
About the Book Series
The Library of Legislative Studies comprises scholarly books - including individual country studies as well as major comparative works - that advance knowledge of legislatures and legislative processes. The volumes in the library are designed to be of value to students and scholars in legislative studies, comparative government, constitutional law, and European and regional integration.
The Northern Ireland Assembly: Reputations and Realities
1st Edition
By Sean Haughey
December 18, 2024
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 ...
Ceremony and Ritual in Parliament
1st Edition
Edited
By Shirin M. Rai
October 14, 2024
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 ...
Post-Communist Parliaments: Change and Stability in the Second Decade
1st Edition
Edited
By David M. Olson, Gabriella Ilonszki
October 14, 2024
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 - ...
Parliamentary Committees in a Party-Centred Context: Looking Behind the Scenes
1st Edition
By Tim Alexander Mickler
January 29, 2024
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 ...
The Impact of Legislatures: A Quarter-Century of The Journal of Legislative Studies
1st Edition
Edited
By Philip Norton
January 29, 2024
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 ...
Parliaments and Post-Legislative Scrutiny
1st Edition
Edited
By Franklin de Vrieze, Philip Norton
September 25, 2023
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 ...
MPs’ Roles and Representation: Orientations, Incentives and Behaviours in Italy
1st Edition
By Federico Russo
May 31, 2023
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 ...
Parliamentary Committees in the Policy Process
1st Edition
Edited
By Sven T. Siefken, Hilmar Rommetvedt
May 31, 2023
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 Communication in EU Affairs: Connecting with the Electorate?
1st Edition
Edited
By Katrin Auel, Tapio Raunio
December 18, 2020
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 ...
The Iberian Legislatures in Comparative Perspective
1st Edition
Edited
By Jorge M. Fernandes, Cristina Leston-Bandeira
December 18, 2020
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 ...
Regional Parliaments: Effective Actors in EU Policy-Making?
1st Edition
Edited
By Gabriele Abels, Anna-Lena Hogenauer
August 14, 2020
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 ...
The Legislature of Brazil: An Analysis of Its Policy-Making and Public Engagement Roles
1st Edition
Edited
By Cristiane Brum Bernardes, Cristina Leston-Bandeira, Ricardo de João Braga
December 17, 2019
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 ...