TY  - BOOK
AU  - Norton,Philip
TI  - The impact of legislatures: a quarter-century of the journal of legislative studies 
T2  - Library of legislative studies
SN  - 9780367471446
U1  - 328.3 
PY  - 2020///
CY  - Abingdon
PB  - Routledge
KW  - Legislative bodies
KW  - Legislative power
N1  - Introduction : a quarter-century of scholarship; Philip Norton --; I. Developing theory --; Rational-choice theory in legislative studies : models of politics without romanticism; Thomas Saalfeld --; Conditional agenda-setting and decision-making inside the European parliament; George Tsebelis --; II. Comparing legislatures --; Introduction : comparing the legislative performance of legislatures; David Arter --; Social choice and comparing legislatures : constitutional versus institutional constraints; Anthony J. McGann --; Rethinking bicameral strength : a three-dimensional approach; Meg Russell --; Conclusion. Questioning the ‘Mezey question’ : an interrogatory framework for the comparative study of legislatures; David Arter --; III. Party, division and consensus --; Party unity in parliamentary democracies : a comparative analysis; Ulrich Sieberer --; Parliamentary consociationalism in Lebanon : equal citizenry vs. quotated confessionalism; Imad Salamey and Rhys Payne --; Parliamentary opposition in Westminster democracies : Britain, Canada, Australia and New Zealand; Andre Kaiser --; Differences and changes in Danish Party organisations : central party organisation versus parliamentary party group power; Helene Helboe Pedersen --; IV. Representation --; Ethnic group representation in cross-national comparison; Didier Ruedin --; Women’s substantive representation : defending feminist interests or women’s electoral preferences?; Anouk Lloren --; State-based representation and national policymaking : the evolution of the Australian Senate and the federation; Scott Brenton --; ‘A more representative chamber’ : representation and the House of Lords; Hugh Bochel and Andrew Defty --; V. Influence of members --; Assessing the influence of select committees in the UK : the education and skills committee, 1997-2005; Andrew Hindmoor, Phil Larkin and Andrew Kennon --; Exploring the role of ‘legislators’ in Canada : do members of parliament influence policy?; Kelly Blidook --; Parliament and the poll tax : a case study in parliamentary pressure; Philip Cowley --; VI. Parliaments and citizens --; Studying the relationship between parliament and citizens; Cristina Leston-Bandeira --; How are parliaments using new media to engage with citizens?; Jeffrey Griffith and Cristina Leston-Bandeira --; Parliament and citizens in the United Kingdom; Philip Norton --; Microblogging, constituency service and impression management : UK MPs and the use of Twitter; Nigel Jackson and Darren Lilleker --; VII. Parliamentary questions -- Parliamentary questions, the behaviour of legislators, and the function of legislatures : an introduction; Shane Martin --; Questioning parliamentary questions; Olivier Rozenberg and Shane Martin --; Parliamentary questioning in 17 European parliaments : some steps towards comparison; Frederico Russo and Matti Wiberg --; Parliamentary questions as instruments of substantive representation : visible minorities in the UK House of Commons, 2005-2010; Thomas Saalfeld
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