Parliamentary Oversight Tools: A Comparative Analysis

ISBN-13: 9780415615716 / Angielski / Twarda / 2011 / 200 str.

Riccardo Pelizzo; Frederick Stapenhurst

Opis

This book investigates Parliaments' capacity to oversee government activities, policies and expenditures.

Spis treści

Introduction  1. Theoretical foundations for legislative oversight  2. Legisaltive oversight tools  3. Legislative oversight and the quality of democracy  4. Legislative oversight and corruption  5. Legislative oversight in Ghana  6. A strategic interaction model  7. Testing the model—the case of Public Accounts Committees  8. Conclusions

O autorze

Riccardo Pelizzo is a parliamentary consultant and research advisor to the World Bank Institute.

Rick Stapenhurst is a parliamentary consultant and research advisor to the World Bank Institute.