Cohesion and Discipline in Legislatures

• Paperback | Engels | Library of Legislative Studies
• The existence of noticeable 'unified' parties is central to the theory and practice of democracy in general, and to parliamentary democracy in particu... Lees meer

The Internet and European Parliamentary Democracy

• Hardcover | Engels | Library of Legislative Studies
• This book investigates the ethical challenges the internet presents to contemporary parliamentary democracy in Europe and how these challenges are bei... Lees meer

From Legislation to Legitimation

Cristina Leston-Bandeira

• Paperback | Engels | Library of Legislative Studies
• 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 dif... Lees meer

Parliamentary Communication in EU Affairs

• Hardcover | Engels | Library of Legislative Studies
• Over the last twenty years, the role of national parliaments in EU affairs has gained considerable academic attention. Much of the literature, however... Lees meer

Parliamentary Opposition in Old and New Democracies

• Paperback | Engels | Library of Legislative Studies
• Previously published as a special issue of the Journal of Legislative Studies , this volume offers a broad comparative assessment of the many faces of... Lees meer

Comparing and Classifying Legislatures

• Hardcover | Engels | Library of Legislative Studies
• Recent years have witnessed substantial work in the legislative studies field. But what do we know about legislatures today and are there clear criter... Lees meer

The Internet and Parliamentary Democracy in Europe

• Paperback | Engels | Library of Legislative Studies
• This book investigates the ethical challenges the internet presents to contemporary parliamentary democracy in Europe and how these challenges are bei... Lees meer

Parliamentary Committees in the Policy Process

• Hardcover | Engels | Library of Legislative Studies | nr. 1
• 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... Lees meer

Ceremony and Ritual in Parliament

• Hardcover | Engels | Library of Legislative Studies
• Ceremony and Ritual in Parliament breaks new ground in the study of legislatures. It combines mainstream historical and social science approaches with... Lees meer

Regional Parliaments

• Hardcover | Engels | Library of Legislative Studies
• In an attempt to strengthen the legitimacy of European Union (EU) policy-making, the 2009 Lisbon Treaty strengthened the principle of parliamentary co... Lees meer

The Roles and Function of Parliamentary Questions

• Paperback | Engels | Library of Legislative Studies
• Parliamentary questions are a feature of almost all national legislatures. Despite this, we know very little about how questions are used by MPs and w... Lees meer

The Roles and Function of Parliamentary Questions

• Hardcover | Library of Legislative Studies
• This volume explores patterns of parliamentary questioning in several national parliaments to help us better understand both the role orientation of i... Lees meer

Mps' Roles and Representation

Federico Russo

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• This book examines the content of MPs' activities through which parliamentarians generate representative claims. Challenging the idea that studying in... Lees meer

Southern European Parliaments in Democracy

• Hardcover | Engels | Library of Legislative Studies
• Southern European Parliaments in Democracy analyses the development of the parliaments of Greece, Italy, Portugal, Spain and Turkey since the mid-1980... Lees meer

The Impact of Legislatures

• Hardcover | Engels | Library of Legislative Studies
• The Impact of Legislatures brings together key articles and path-breaking scholarship published in The Journal of Legislative Studies during its first... Lees meer

Executive Leadership and Legislative Assemblies

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• In this book - previously published as a special issue of the Journal of Legislative Studies - an international group of scholars examines the relatio... Lees meer

Government-Opposition in Southern European Countries During the Economic Crisis

• Hardcover | Engels | Library of Legislative Studies
• The international economic crisis has hit Europe, especially its 'periphery', remarkably hard, and has had deep consequences at the economic and polit... Lees meer

Parliamentary Representation in France

• Paperback | Engels | Library of Legislative Studies
• Despite real improvements since the beginning of the last decade, legislative studies are still underdeveloped in France, compared to other modern dem... Lees meer

The Northern Ireland Assembly

Sean Haughey

• Hardcover | Engels | Library of Legislative Studies
• Northern Ireland's power- sharing Assembly is understudied in the legislative studies literature. Having been suspended (or de facto suspended) for ar... Lees meer

The Europeanisation of Parliamentary Democracy

• Paperback | Engels | Library of Legislative Studies
• This groundbreaking new study shows how the process of creating an ever closer European Union affects not only the policy-making, but also the politic... Lees meer

The Impact of Legislatures

• Paperback | Engels | Library of Legislative Studies
• The Impact of Legislature brings together key articles and path-breaking scholarship published in The Journal of Legislative Studies during its first ... Lees meer

Parliaments and Citizens

• Paperback | Engels | Library of Legislative Studies
• The relationship between parliaments and citizens is one of the least studied subjects in legislative studies, yet this is a crucial dimension to unde... Lees meer

Comparing and Classifying Legislatures

• Paperback | Engels | Library of Legislative Studies
• Recent years have witnessed substantial work in the legislative studies field. But what do we know about legislatures today and are there clear criter... Lees meer

The Europeanisation of Parliamentary Democracy

• Hardcover | Engels | Library of Legislative Studies
• This groundbreaking new study shows how the process of creating an ever closer European Union affects not only the policy-making, but also the politic... Lees meer