Comparing and Classifying Legislatures

Recent years have witnessed substantial work in the legislative studies field. But what do we know about legislatures todaynbsp;and are there clear criteria for comparing and classifying them?

This is a new review ofnbsp;the state of our knowledge of parliament andnbsp;tacklesnbsp;keynbsp;questions: Do legislatures matter in legislative terms, and, if so, how much? What is the extent of the legislature's control of the legislative process. How can we classify legislatures on...
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Recent years have witnessed substantial work in the legislative studies field. But what do we know about legislatures todaynbsp;and are there clear criteria for comparing and classifying them?

This is a new review ofnbsp;the state of our knowledge of parliament andnbsp;tacklesnbsp;keynbsp;questions: Do legislatures matter in legislative terms, and, if so, how much? What is the extent of the legislature's control of the legislative process. How can we classify legislatures on the basis of their relative legislative performance. Five measures of the policy power of parliaments are applied in the country/region chapters.

This book was previously published as a special issue ofnbsp;the leadingnbsp;Journal of Legislative Studies.