Parliaments and coalitions the role of legislative institutions in multiparty governance

This text reveals that parliaments play a much more important role in policymaking in parliamentary systems than is usually acknowledged. Based on an analysis of roughly 1300 government bills across five democracies, it paints a detailed picture of the treatment of government legislation in contempo...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Martin, Lanny W.
Other Authors: Vanberg, Georg
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford Oxford University Press 2011, 2011
Series:Comparative politics / Comparative politics
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Collection: Oxford University Press - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary:This text reveals that parliaments play a much more important role in policymaking in parliamentary systems than is usually acknowledged. Based on an analysis of roughly 1300 government bills across five democracies, it paints a detailed picture of the treatment of government legislation in contemporary parliaments
Physical Description:xi, 174 p.
ISBN:9780191729676
0191729671