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The Oxford Handbook of Legislative Studies

The Oxford Handbook of Legislative Studies

Author: Shane Martin; Thomas Saalfeld; Kaare W. Stron
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 9780198778493
Published In: August 2016
Format: Paperback
Jurisdiction: U.K. ? Disclaimer:
Countri(es) stated herein are used as reference only

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Legislatures are political bodies essential to democracy and the rule of law. They present social scientists with numerous intriguing puzzles, with far-reaching implications for our understanding of political institutions. Why, and how, have these ancient assemblies, established in pre-democratic times, survived the transition to mass democracies? How have they adapted? How do they structure such processes as budgeting, legislation, and executive oversight? How do their members get selected, and what consequences flow from differences in these rules? What roles do committees and political parties play in contemporary legislatures? What functions do legislatures perform in autocratic, semi-democratic or recently democratized societies? What explains the similarities and differences in legislative rules, powers and recruitment? What are the policy and other consequences of variation in how legislatures are organized and function?

The 33 chapters in The Oxford Handbook of Legislative Studies, written by 47 of the most distinguished legislative scholars, provide a comprehensive and up-to-date description and assessment of the state of the art in legislative studies. Key themes explored include theoretical paradigms and methodological approaches to the study of legislatures, representation and legislative careers, internal organization, the role of parties within legislatures and the role of legislatures in policy making and accountability. The Handbook also explores the emergence of parliaments in historical and contemporary contexts, including new democracies and trans-national institutions.

1:Introduction, Shane Martin, Thomas Saalfeld and Kaare W. Strøm

Part I: Theories

2:Formal Models of Legislatures, Daniel Diermeier

3:The Sociology of Legislatures and Legislators, Heinrich Best and Lars Vogel

4:Typologies and Classifications, Amie Kreppel

Part II: Methods

5:Roll Call Analysis and the Study of Legislatures, Royce Carroll and Keith Poole

6:Words as Data: Content Analysis in Legislative Studies, Jonathan B. Slapin and Sven-Oliver Proksch

7:Debate and Deliberation in Legislatures, André Bächtiger

8:Interviews and Surveys in Legislative Research, Stefanie Bailer

9:The Experimental Study of Legislative Behavior, James N. Druckman, Thomas J. Leeper and Kevin J. Mullinix

Part III: Representation and Legislative Careers

10:Candidate Selection: Implications and Challenges for Legislative Behavior, Reuven Hazan

11:The Effect of Electoral Institutions on Legislative Behavior, Audrey André, Sam Depauw and Matthew S. Shugart

12:Gender and Legislatures, Michelle M. Taylor-Robinson

13:Roles in Legislatures, Rudy B. Andeweg

14:Legislative Careers, Thad Kousser and Scott A. MacKenzie

Part IV: Organisation and Rules

15:Procedure and Rules in Legislatures, Wolfgang C. Müller and Ulrich Sieberer

16:The Politics of Bicameralism, William B. Heller and Diana M. Branduse

17:Committees, Shane Martin

Part V: Parties in the Legislature

18:Political Parties and Legislators, Thomas Saalfeld and Kaare W. Strøm

19:Party Discipline, Christopher Kam

20:Legislative Party Switching, Carol Mershon

21:Legislative Institutions and Coalition Government, Lanny W. Martin and Georg Vanberg

Part VI: Policy Making and Oversight

22:Institutional Foundations of Legislative Agenda Setting, Bjørn-Erik Rasch

23:Law Making, Sebastian M. Saiegh

24:Legislatures and Public Finance, Joachim Wehner

25:Legislatures, Lobbying and Interest Groups, Anne Skorkjær Binderkrantz

26:Legislatures and Foreign Policy, Tapio Raunio

27:Common Agencya Legislatures and Bureaucracies

Part VII: Expanding the Scope of Legislative Analysis

28:Political Behaviour in the European Parliament, Simon Hix and Bjørn Høyland

29:Sub-National Legislatures, William Downs

30:The Study of Legislatures in Latin America, Brian F. Crisp and Constanza F. Schibber

31:Legislatures in Central and Eastern Europe, Josephine T. Andrews

32:Authoritarian Legislatures, Paul Schuler and Edmund J. Malesky

33:Reluctant Democrats and their Legislatures, Gary W. Cox

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