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 Roles and Function of Parliamentary Questions
1st Edition
Edited
By Shane Martin, Olivier Rozenberg
June 16, 2017
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 empirical knowledge of the use of questioning in a ...
Government-Opposition in Southern European Countries during the Economic Crisis: Great Recession, Great Cooperation?
1st Edition
Edited
By Elisabetta Giorgi, Catherine Moury
June 07, 2017
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 themselves faced with a dilemma: choosing between the...
Executive Leadership and Legislative Assemblies
1st Edition
Edited
By Nicholas D. J. Baldwin
July 08, 2016
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...
From Legislation to Legitimation: The Role of the Portuguese Parliament
1st Edition
By Cristina Leston-Bandeira
April 27, 2016
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 shows that, as democracy developed, the role of the ...
The Europeanisation of Parliamentary Democracy
1st Edition
Edited
By Katrin Auel, Arthur Benz
February 29, 2016
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 ...
Parliamentary Opposition in Old and New Democracies
1st Edition
Edited
By Ludger Helms
January 20, 2016
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 ...
Parliamentary Representation in France
1st Edition
Edited
By Olivier Costa
July 22, 2015
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 Constitution of 1958 has created a semi-presidential ...
Parliaments and Citizens
1st Edition
Edited
By Cristina Leston-Bandeira
November 10, 2014
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 has gained considerable visibility over the ...
Legislatures of Small States: A Comparative Study
1st Edition
Edited
By Nicholas Baldwin
September 11, 2014
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 ...
Cohesion and Discipline in Legislatures
1st Edition
Edited
By Reuven Y. Hazan
December 08, 2011
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 ...
The People's Congresses and Governance in China: Toward a Network Mode of Governance
1st Edition
By Ming Xia
February 08, 2011
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 ...
The Internet and Parliamentary Democracy in Europe: A Comparative Study of the Ethics of Political Communication in the Digital Age
1st Edition
Edited
By Xiudian Dai, Philip Norton
July 01, 2010
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 ...