The Handbook of National Legislatures

ISBN-13: 9780521514668 / Angielski / Twarda / 2009 / 810 str.

M. Steven Fish; Matthew Kroenig

Opis

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."

Recenzje

Review of the hardback: 'The substantial amount of constitutional data and analysis so assiduously collected by the authors provides a valuable overview of their chosen subject for students of political science …' Reference Reviews

Spis treści

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