{"product_id":"northern-ireland-assembly","title":"Northern Ireland Assembly","description":"\u003cp\u003eNorthern Ireland’s power- sharing Assembly is understudied in the legislative studies literature. Having been suspended (or de facto suspended) for around 40% of its existence, conversation has tended to focus more on the wider political problems in which the Assembly has been enmeshed and less on its day-to-day functions as a legislature.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book is the first to examine how the Assembly fulfils the four core functions of a legislature: representation, linkage, scrutiny, and policy- making. Using Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs) as the primary unit of analysis, the book explores: who and how MLAs represent; their approach to cultivating links with constituents; their use of parliamentary scrutiny tools; and their contribution to law- making. The book grounds its analysis in original data sourced from elite interviews, surveys, parliamentary questions, legislation, and the \u003ci\u003eOfficial Report \u003c\/i\u003eof parliamentary proceedings. Readers will therefore be able to reflect on whether the Assembly’s (often poor) reputations comport with empirical realities.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book contributes to debates in the legislative studies and consociational power- sharing literatures, and will be of interest to students and scholars of parliaments, devolution, and Northern Ireland politics.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54242717663576,"sku":"9780367366568","price":192.2,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/northern-ireland-assembly","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}