| The Handbook of National Legislatures Contributor(s): Fish, M. Steven (Author), Kroenig, Matthew (Author) |
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ISBN: 0521514665 ISBN-13: 9780521514668 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $142.50 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: February 2009 Annotation: Contains survey-based data on the powers of national legislatures worldwide. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science |
| Dewey: 328.03 |
| LCCN: 2008010769 |
| Physical Information: 1.4" H x 7.3" W x 10" (2.99 lbs) 810 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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 32 items that gauges the legislature's sway over the executive, its institutional autonomy, its authority in specific areas, and its institutional capacity. Data were generated 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 32 survey items, supplemented by expert commentary and relevant excerpts from constitutions. |
Contributor Bio(s): 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. |