Legislative debates make democracy and representation work.
Political actors engage in legislative debates to make their voice
heard to voters. Parties use debates to shore up their brand. This
book makes the most comprehensive study of legislative debates thus
far, looking at the politics of legislative debates in 33 liberal
democracies in Europe, North America and Latin America, Africa,
Asia, and Oceania. The book begins with theoretical chapters
focused on the key concepts in the study of legislative debates.
Michael Laver, Slapin and Proksch, and Taylor examine the politics
of legislative debates in parliamentary and presidential
democracies. Subsequently, Goplerud makes a critical review of the
methodological challenges in the study of legislative debates.
Schwalbach and Rauh further discuss the difficulties in the
comparative empirical study of debates. Country-chapters offer a
wealth of original material organized around structured sections.
Each chapter begins with a details discussion of the institutional
design, focusing on the electoral system, legislative organization,
and party parties, to which a section on the formal and informal
rules of legislative debates ensues. Next, each country chapter
focuses on analyzing the determinants of floor access, with a
particular emphasis on the role of gender, seniority, legislative
party positions, among others. In the concluding chapter, the
editors explore comparative patterns and point out to multiple
research avenues opened by this edited volume. The Oxford Politics
of Institutions series is designed to provide in-depth coverage of
research on a specific political institution. Each volume includes
a mix of theoretical contributions, state-of-the-art research
review chapters, comparative empirical chapters, country case study
chapters, and chapters aimed at practitioners. Typically, the
majority of chapters in each volume comprises of country studies
written by country experts. Volumes in the series are aimed at
political scientists, students in political science programmes,
social scientists more generally, and policy practitioners. Series
editors: Shane Martin, Anthony King Chair in Comparative Government
and Head of the Department of Government, University of Essex; and
Sona N. Golder, Professor of Politics, Department of Political
Science, Pennsylvania State University.
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