The Handbook of National Legislatures

A Global Survey
Erscheinungsjahr 2009
ISBN: 978-1-107-60247-2
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 808 Seiten, Format (B × H): 178 mm x 254 mm, Gewicht: 1493 g

Where is the power? Students of politics have pondered this question, and social scientists have scrutinized formal political institutions and the distribution of power among agencies of the government and the state. But we still lack a rich bank of data measuring the power of specific governmental agencies, particularly national legislatures. This book assesses the strength of the national legislature of every country in the world with a population of at least a half-million inhabitants. The Legislative Powers Survey (LPS) is a list of thirty-two items that gauge the legislature's sway over the executive, its institutional autonomy, its authority in specific areas and its institutional capacity. Data were gathered by means of a vast international survey of experts, extensive study of secondary sources and painstaking analysis of constitutions and other relevant documents. Individual country chapters provide answers to each of the thirty-two survey items, supplemented by expert commentary and relevant excerpts from constitutions.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Fish, M. Steven

Kroenig, Matthew

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Volkswirtschaftslehre Allgemein Makroökonomie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Zentralregierung
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Vergleichende Politikwissenschaft

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction; 2. Country studies; 3. Comprehensive lists of country scores; 4. List of expert consultants.

Über Autor(innen)

Fish, M. Steven
M. Steven Fish is Professor of Political Science at the University of California, Berkeley.

Kroenig, Matthew
Matthew Kroenig is Assistant Professor in the Department of Government and the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University.