Legislative Assemblies
Voters, Members, and Leaders
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP Oxford
- Date of Publication 9 November 2023
- ISBN 9780198890829
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages434 pages
- Size 240x165x30 mm
- Weight 802 g
- Language English 531
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Short description:
This book analyzes national legislative assemblies in the world's 68 most populous democracies, based on three models of ideal types of democratic assembly. The authors show that the fate of incumbents is dependent on member resources and leadership control but is ultimately constrained by voter confidence.
MoreLong description:
By whatever name they are known (Parliaments, Legislatures, or Assemblies, to name but three) legislative assemblies in democratic societies face the twin challenges of institutional capacity and accountability to their citizens. In addressing these challenges, assemblies vary in the extent to which they serve the respective interests of three critical sets of actors: their members, party leaders, and voters. In this book, Shane Martin and Kaare W. Strøm identify three ideal types of democratic assemblies - the members' assembly, the leaders' assembly, and the voters' assembly - and analyze national legislative assemblies in the world's 68 most populous democracies, from Finland to Papua New Guinea, in light of these models. Based on extensive new cross-national data, they trace the implications of the three assembly types for the design, internal organization, resources, and powers of democratic national assemblies, develop indices of each assembly type, and score each of the 68 legislative assemblies on these indices. The analysis of legislative re-election rates in these countries reveals that the fate of incumbents depends on member resources as well as on leadership control, but is ultimately constrained by voter confidence. In conclusion, the authors discuss the past and future trajectories of legislative assemblies, including their susceptibility to democratic backsliding.
Tthis is a groundbreaking scholarly accomplishment and an essential basis for future research.
Table of Contents:
Understanding Legislative Assemblies
Comparing Legislative Assemblies
Electing the Legislative Assembly
Membership and Congruence
Cameral Structure
Organization and Leadership
Parties in the Legislature
Committees
Lawmaking
The Budgetary Process
The Elective Function
Executive Oversight
Legislative Assembly Types
Incumbency and Re-Election
Democratic Assemblies and Contemporary Challenges
