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Parliaments and Citizens in Western Europe - Parliaments in Contemporary Western Europe (Hardcover)
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Parliaments and Citizens in Western Europe - Parliaments in Contemporary Western Europe (Hardcover)
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Legislatures have one core defining function: that of giving assent
to measures that, by virtue of that assent, are to be binding on
society. In practice, they have usually performed other roles as
well, such as debating measures or the conduct of public affairs.
They have existed for centuries. They span the globe. Most
countries have one: federal states have several. Commentators
throughout the 20th century bemoaned the "decline" of legislatures,
yet the number shows no sign of declining: if anything, the reverse
is true. Their prominence increased in the 1990s because of
developments in central and eastern Europe. The increased
prominence of legislatures has prompted a greater scholarly
interest in their existence and what they do. The literature that
helps advance our understanding of legislatures as a particular
species of institution is sometimes excellect but it is notable for
its scarcity. There is little literature that provides a
straightforward description and analysis of the role of parliaments
in western Europe. The volumes in this series seek to advance our
understanding of those parliaments.; They do so by examining the
relationship between parliaments and the three p
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