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american
American Political Science Association
Author_Gerhard Loewenberg
behavioral
Behavioral Persuasion
Cabinet Stability
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Category=JPHV
Civic Education
collective action in parliaments
comparative political systems
Congressional Fellowship Program
democratic accountability
Direct Democracy
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heinz
Heinz Eulau
individual
Kenneth Shepsle
latin
Latin American Legislatures
legislative
legislative decision processes
Legislative Institution
Legislative Research
Legislative Studies
legislator
Micropolitical Approach
Middle Eastern Monarchies
Multi-member Constituencies
Multimember Constituencies
Nation Building
Pe Rc
persuasion
Political Parties
political representation theory
public trust in government
Rational Choice Institutionalism
Representational Linkages
research
Restrictive Procedures
Roll Call Data
Roll Call Votes
social science methodology
Vice Versa
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- ISBN 9781594517525
- Weight: 310g
- Dimensions: 129 x 198mm
- Publication Date: 30 Apr 2011
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Inc
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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On Legislatures looks at why people support their individual representatives but continue to criticise the legislative system at every opportunity. Although legislatures exist in every political system and are meant to represent the people, they are generally disparaged because they appear both unrepresentative and indecisive. Gerhard Loewenberg explains this puzzling contradiction by examining what representation means and what it takes for a large number of equally representative members to reach decisions. It also describes the methods for studying legislatures that have been developed in the social sciences in the last half century and shows their importance in democratic societies throughout the world. On Legislatures gets to the heart of the current disconnect between legislatures and the public they are supposed to represent.
Authored by Loewenberg, Gerhard
