The Oxford Handbook of Legislative Studies (Oxford Handbooks)

Over The Past Five Years, Legislative Studies Have Emerged As A Field Of Inquiry In Political Science. Many Political Science Associations, Both National And International, Have Created Standing Sections On Legislative Studies. There Has Also Been A Proliferation Of Literature On Legislatures And Legislators. This Book Focuses On Legislatures And How They Matter, How They Have Adapted To Changes Such As Globalization And Judicialization, And How They Have Survived The Transition To Mass Democracies. Theoretical Approaches In Legislative Studies -- Methods Of Legislative Research -- Representation And Legislative Careers -- Organization And Rules -- Parties In The Legislature -- Policy-making And Oversight -- Expanding The Scope Of Legislative Analysis. Edited By Shane Martin, Thomas Saalfeld, And Kaare W. Strøm. Includes Bibliographical References And Indexes. Acknowledgments Contents About the Contributors 1. Introduction • Shane Martin, Thomas Saalfeld, and Kaare W. Strøm PART I: THEORETICAL APPROACHES IN LEGISLATIVE STUDIES 2. Formal Models of Legislatures • Daniel Diermeier 3. The Sociology of Legislators and Legislatures • Heinrich Best and Lars Vogel 4. Typologies and Classifications • Amie Kreppel PART II: METHODS OF LEGISLATIVE RESEARCH 5. Roll-Call Analysis and the Study of Legislatures • Royce Carroll and Keith Poole 6. Words as Data: Content Analysis in Legislative Studies • Jonathan B. Slapin and Sven-Oliver Proksch 7. Debate and Deliberation in Legislatures • André Bächtiger 8. Interviews and Surveys in Legislative Research • Stefanie Bailer 9. The Experimental Study of Legislative Behaviour • James N. Druckman, Thomas J. Leeper, and Kevin J. Mullinix PART III: REPRESENTATION AND LEGISLATIVE CAREERS 10. Candidate Selection: Implications and Challenges for Legislative Behaviour • Reuven Y. Hazan 11. The Effect of Electoral Institutions on Legislative Behaviour • Audrey André, Sam Depauw, and Matthew S. Shugart 12. Gender and Legislatures • Michelle M. Taylor-Robinson 13. Roles in Legislatures • Rudy B. Andeweg 14. Legislative Careers • Scott A. MacKenzie and Thad Kousser PART IV: ORGANIZATION AND RULES 15. Procedure and Rules in Legislatures • Wolfgang C. Müller and Ulrich Sieberer 16. The Politics of Bicameralism • William B. Heller and Diana M. Branduse 17. Committees • Shane Martin PART V: PARTIES IN THE LEGISLATURE 18. Political Parties and Legislators • Thomas Saalfeld and Kaare W. Strøm 19. Party Discipline • Christopher Kam 20. Legislative Party Switching • Carol Mershon 21. Legislative Institutions and Coalition Government • Lanny W. Martin and Georg Vanberg PART VI: POLICY-MAKING AND OVERSIGHT 22. Institutional Foundations of Legislative Agenda-Setting • Bjørn Erik Rasch 23. Lawmaking • Sebastian M. Saiegh 24. Legislatures and Public Finance • Joachim Wehner 25. Legislatures, Lobbying, and Interest Groups • Anne Skorkjær Binderkrantz 26. Legislatures and Foreign Policy • Tapio Raunio 27. Common Agency? Legislatures and Bureaucracies • Mathew D. McCubbins PART VII: EXPANDING THE SCOPE OF LEGISLATIVE ANALYSIS 28. Political Behaviour in the European Parliament • Simon Hix and Bjørn Høyland 29. Sub-National Legislatures • William Downs 30. The Study of Legislatures in Latin America • Brian F. Crisp and Constanza F. Schibber 31. Legislatures in Central and Eastern Europe • Josephine T. Andrews 32. Authoritarian Legislatures • Paul Schuler and Edmund J. Malesky 33. Reluctant Democrats and Their Legislatures • Gary W. Cox Name Index Subject Index Legislatures are political bodies essential to democracy and the rule of law. They present social scientists with numerous intriguing puzzles, with far-reaching implications for our understanding of political institutions. Why, and how, have these ancient assemblies, established in pre-democratic times, survived the transition to mass democracies? How have they adapted? How do they structure such processes as budgeting, legislation, and executive oversight? How do their members get selected, and what consequences flow from differences in these rules? What roles do committees and political parties play in contemporary legislatures? What functions do legislatures perform in autocratic, semi-democratic or recently democratized societies? What explains the similarities and differences in legislative rules, powers and recruitment? What are the policy and other consequences of variation in how legislatures are organized and function? The 33 chapters in The Oxford Handbook of Legislative Studies, written by 47 of the most distinguished legislative scholars, provide a comprehensive and up-to-date description and assessment of the state of the art in legislative studies. Key themes explored include theoretical paradigms and methodological approaches to the study of legislatures, representation and legislative careers, internal organization, the role of parties within legislatures and the role of legislatures in policy making and accountability. The Handbook also explores the emergence of parliaments in historical and contemporary contexts, including new democracies and trans-national institutions. Legislatures are political bodies essential to democracy and the rule of law. They present social scientists with numerous intriguing puzzles, with far-reaching implications for our understanding of political institutions. Why, and how, have these ancient assemblies, established in pre-democratic times, survived the transition to mass democracies? How have they adapted? How do they structure such processes as budgeting, legislation, and executive oversight? How do their members get selected, and what consequences flow from differences in these rules? What roles do committees and political parties play in contemporary legislatures? What functions do legislatures perform in autocratic, semi-democratic or recently democratized societies? What explains the similarities and differences in legislative rules, powers and recruitment? What are the policy and other consequences of variation in how legislatures are organized and function?-- Provided by Publisher Legislatures are arguably the most important political institution in modern democracies. The Oxford Handbook of Legislative Studies, written by some of the most distinguished legislative scholars in political science, provides a comprehensive and up-to-date description and critical assessment of the state of the art in this key area.