Although a great deal is known about the United States Congress,
the differences and similarities between it and the legislatures
and parliaments of other countries have not been extensively
studied. This book--by a distinguished group of legislative
specialists from ten countries--fills this gap by presenting
legislative research from a comparative, cross-national
perspective.
Consisting of fourteen essays, this volume incorporates major areas
of legislative research, including studies of recruitment of
legislators and an overview of their careers, the evolution of
legislatures, and the electoral systems by which legislatures are
chosen. Each contributor reviews the principal research findings
and emphasizes those concepts and methods that facilitate
comparative research. The book assesses the state of knowledge in
regard to U.S., European, Asian, and Latin American legislatures.
The introductory chapter by the editors identifies how to
comparatively test research findings while taking into account data
availability and questions of conceptual equivalence. Each chapter
provides an extensive bibliography, making the book an excellent
guide to literature on legislative research. The contributors are
David T. Canon, John M. Carey, Gary W. Cox, Frantisek Formanek,
John R. Hibbing, Ewa Karpowicz, Junko Kato, Sadafumi Kawato,
Michael Laver, Gary F. Moncrief, Chan Wook Park, Werner J. Patzelt,
Bjorn Erik Rasch, Kenneth A. Shepsle, Steven S. Smith, and Rick K.
Wilson.
This book is designed for faculty and graduate students in
political science and will also be of interest to members of
legislative research staffs in this country and overseas, and to
specialists on legislatures in history and law.
Gerhard Loewenberg is University of Iowa Foundation Distinguished
Professor of Political Science. D. Roderick Kiewiet is Dean of
Graduate Studies and Professor of Political Science, California
Institute of Technology, Pasadena. Peverill Squire is Professor of
Political Science, University of Iowa.
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