This comprehensive book analyses the development of the
legislatures in the Iberian countries over the past 40 years, since
democracy was introduced, to comparatively understand their role in
these political systems and in sustaining their democratic systems.
Sharing many historical developments and institutional
characteristics, Spain and Portugal also present crucial
differences, notably Spain's pure parliamentary system, a King as
Head of State and a quasi-federal structure, and Portugal's
semi-presidential democracy. Starting with a historical and
institutional contextualization of these two legislatures, the book
examines the most important organizational and behavioural features
of legislative life in Iberian legislatures in a comparative
perspective. It also shows how new legislatures develop resilience
capacity to support lasting democratic systems as fully fledged
institutionalized bodies. This book will be of key interest to
scholars and students of Spain and Portugal, legislative politics
and parliamentarianism, and more broadly to European politics and
comparative politics, journalists and practitioners.
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