01497nam a2200337 a 4500 EDZ0000038671 StDuBDS 20170911103712.0 m||||||||d|||||||| cr|||||||||||| 110826s2011 enk fo| 001 0 eng|d 9780191729676 (ebook) : No price StDuBDS StDuBDS JF331 321.8043 23 Martin, Lanny W. Parliaments and coalitions : the role of legislative institutions in multiparty governance / [electronic resource] Lanny W. Martin, Georg Vanberg. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2011. 1 online resource (xi, 174 p.). Comparative politics Includes bibliographical references and index. 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. Description based on print version record. Coalition governments. Legislative bodies. Vanberg, Georg, 1971- Print version 9780199607884 Comparative politics. Oxford scholarship online http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199607884.001.0001 ddc BK 36429 36429