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.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
ISBN-13
9781107602472
eBay Product ID (ePID)
108618040
Product Key Features
Subject Area
Political Sociology
Author
M. Steven Fish, Matthew Kroenig
Publication Name
The Handbook of National Legislatures: a Global Survey
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Subject
Economics
Publication Year
2011
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
810 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
254mm
Item Width
178mm
Item Weight
1380g
Additional Product Features
Title_Author
Matthew Kroenig, M. Steven Fish
Country/Region of Manufacture
United Kingdom
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