Preface | p. xiii |
Acknowledgments | p. xv |
Legislatures in Today's Democracies | p. 1 |
The Members: Representatives and Legislators | p. 13 |
Political Parties: The Internal Organization of Parliament, I | p. 31 |
Committees: The Internal Organization of Parliament, II | p. 56 |
Summary | p. 72 |
Legislative-Executive Relations | p. 74 |
The Electorate and the Public: Elections and Interest Groups | p. 94 |
Summary | p. 114 |
Parliaments at the Beginning | p. 115 |
Summary | p. 130 |
Legislatures in the Policy Process | p. 132 |
Stages of Legislative Procedure | p. 145 |
the Vocabulary of Parliaments and Legislatures | p. 153 |
Congress and Parliament: American and British English | p. 159 |
References | p. 161 |
Author Index | p. 173 |
Subject Index | p. 176 |
About the Author | p. 184 |
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