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"Legislatures in Evolution presents a series of essays on evolution and change in the legislative context. They cover a wide range of topics, including both proposed and implemented reforms. The contributions included here discuss parliamentarians' attitude toward party discipline; the specific challenges associated with implementing sexual harassment policies within legislatures; the consequences of the Supreme Court's ruling in Mikisew Cree First Nation v. Canada on the government's duty to consult Indigenous Peoples when drafting legislation; parliamentarians' engagement in budgetary control issues; the reform of the rules governing prayers in the Legislature of British Columbia; and time management reforms in the Legislative Assembly of Yukon. Charles Feldman, Geneviève Tellier, David Groves, and their contributors bring together both practical and academic experience and perspectives. They conclude with an analysis of parliamentary reforms, paying particular attention to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the functioning of legislatures."

The essays in this book explore evolution and change in the legislative context. They cover a wide range of topics, including both proposed and implemented reforms.

Every two years American voters turn out to elect several thousand representatives to state legislatures. Only now in Representation in State Legislatures do we have a detailed examination of how these officials perceive their jobs and how they attempt to do them. To provide answers to these questions, Malcolm E. Jewell conducted intensive interviews with 220 members of houses of representatives in nine selected states. He asked each legislator how he kept in touch with his constituents, how he resolved matters of policy, how he sought government resources for his district, and what services

1. Introduction -- 2. The dividends of good governance -- 3. Strategies to curb corruption : the role of the legislature -- 4. The effectiveness of legislative oversight : the case of Ghana and Nigeria in comparative perspective -- 5. Legislative corruption, public trust, and political will -- 6. Legislative ethics -- 7. Political finance -- 8. Conclusions.

The existence of noticeable 'unified' parties is central to the theory and practice of democracy in general, and to parliamentary democracy in particular. However, legislative studies scholars have good reason to cease treating parties as monolithic, unitary actors, for they evidently are not. The first step in this direction is to ask why one of the distinguishing features of modern political parties is their legislative unity. Do parties enter parliament as unified actors, or are they moulded into this model by the legislature? The answer depends on whether one is looking at cohesion or at d

"This book investigates parliaments' role in curbing corruption. In addition to discussing the definition, causes, and costs of corruption and the role that parliaments have in reducing corruption, the authors consider contemporary issues that parliamentarians - and others - need to be aware of. These include the importance of broad-based coalitions to fight corruption and networking at the country, regional and global level, the importance - and difficulties - of establishing parliamentary codes of ethics/conduct, legislative oversight tools and mechanisms, and regional/international conventions against corruption. Attention will also be given to parliaments and anti-money laundering. Corruption and Legislatures presents a non-technical review of contemporary issues and recent developments in curbing corruption, and concludes with practical advice as to what can be done to ensure more effective parliamentary involvement in curbing corruption"--

Lawmaking provides many opportunities for proposals to be altered, amended, tabled, or stopped completely. The ideal legislator should assess evidence, update his or her beliefs with new information, and sometimes be willing to change course. In practice, however, lawmakers face criticism from the media, the public, and their colleagues for "flip-flopping." Legislators may also only appear to change positions in some cases as a means of voting strategically. This book presents a systematic examination of legislative indecision in American politics. This might occur via "waffling"--where a legislator cosponsors a bill, then votes against it at roll call. Or it might occur when a legislator votes one way on a bill, then switches her vote to the other side. In Indecision in American Legislatures, Jeffrey J. Harden and Justin H. Kirkland develop a theoretical framework to explain indecision itself, as well as the public's attitudes toward indecision. They test their expectations with data sources from American state legislatures, the U.S. Congress, and survey questions administered to American citizens. Understanding legislative indecision from both the legislator and citizen perspectives is important for discussions about the quality of representation in American politics

This book gathers the most influential authors on role research and legislative studies to examine the different roles that MPs are playing in modern-day legislatures. It provides a comprehensive and critical overview of current research on legislative roles, summarises previous research, presents a large variety of methodological approaches and also explores the latest developing approaches to role theory. The concept of political roles has become increasingly relevant for understanding contemporary political systems. Parliamentary, legislative and representative roles are professional roles that provide a way of connecting the individual legislator to their institution that can also explain a legislator's attitude and behaviour. Drawing upon case studies with as much as 40 years of data that include Germany, the Netherlands, UK, Austria, Hungary, Australia, New Zealand and the European Parliament, this book examines the link between representative roles, different institutional settings and parliamentary behaviour. It argues that the roles MPs play depend of who they think they should represent; between their voters, their party, the people of their country and also themselves, conflicts of loyalty can occur. This book provides a framework to analyse MPs' choices by searching both the reasons for their views about representation, and the consequences of those views in parliament. Parliamentary Roles in Modern Legislatures will be of strong interest to students and scholars of government, legislative studies, political parties, comparative politics, political sociology and deliberative democracy.

"During Abraham Lincoln's four terms in the Illinois House of Representatives, Lincoln rose to prominence as the Whig party's floor leader, and his great character qualities, political philosophy, and the groundwork for his future were all fostered during his time as a State Representative"--

The Portuguese Assembleia da República in context / Eunice Goes and Cristina Leston-Bandeira -- The Spanish Parliament in context / Bonnie N. Field and Caroline Gray -- Parliamentary party groups in the Iberian legislatures / Carlos Jalali and Juan Rodríguez Teruel -- Committee systems in Portugal and Spain / Jorge M. Fernandes and Pedro Riera -- Social distance and ideological congruence between MPs and citizens : Iberian legislatures before and after the great recession / André Freire and Xavier Coller -- The diversity gap in the Portuguese and Spanish parliaments : descriptive representation through an intersectional perspective / Ana Espírito-Santo, Tània Verge, and Laura Morales -- Interest groups in the Iberian legislatures / Marco Lisi and Luz Muñoz Marquez -- Iberian citizens' views on their parliaments : support, attitudes on representation, candidate selection and electoral system / José Santana-Pereira and Irene Martín -- The legislative role of Iberian legislatures / Cláudia Ribeiro, Mercedes Araújo and Sónia Rodrigues -- Parliamentary accountability / Manuel Sánchez de Dios -- The participation of the Spanish and the Portuguese parliaments in the activity of the European Union / Elviro Aranda Álvarez and Paulo Sande -- The relationship between regional and national parliaments in Spain and Portugal / Pablo Oñate and Ana M. Belchior -- Constitutional courts and national parliaments in Spain and Portugal / Nuno Garoupa, Joan Solanes Mullor, Teresa Violante.