TY - BOOK AU - Martin, Lanny W. AU - Vanberg, Georg, TI - Parliaments and coalitions : the role of legislative institutions in multiparty governance T2 - Comparative politics SN - 9780191729 AV - JF331 U1 - 321.8043 23 PY - 2011/// CY - Oxford PB - Oxford University Press KW - Coalition governments KW - Legislative bodies N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index N2 - 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 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199607884.001.0001 ER -