AuthorMartin, Lanny W
TitleParliaments and coalitions [electronic resource] : the role of legislative institutions in multiparty governance / Lanny W. Martin, Georg Vanberg
Imprint Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2011
Connect tohttp://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199607884.001.0001
Descript 1 online resource (xi, 174 p.)

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


SUBJECT

  1. Coalition governments
  2. Legislative bodies