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Parliaments and coalitions : the role of legislative institutions in multiparty governance /

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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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Main Authors: Martin, Lanny W. (Author), Vanberg, Georg, 1971- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2011.
Series:Comparative politics (Oxford University Press)
Subjects:
Coalition governments.
Legislative bodies.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Ideologies > Democracy.
Coalition governments
Legislative bodies
Gesetzgebung
Koalition
Parlament
Staatstätigkeit
Deutschland
Dänemark
Frankreich
Irland
Niederlande
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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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:1 online resource (xi, 174 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 166-171) and index.
ISBN:9780191619465
0191619469
0191729671
9780191729676
0199674787
9780199674787
9786613265630
6613265632