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082			_a328.03 FIS
100			_aFish, M. Steven
245		0	_aHandbook of national legislatures: a global survey
260			_aDelhi
260			_bCambridge University Press
260			_c2009
300			_a800 p.
365			_b9000
365			_dRS
520			_aWhere is the power? Students of politics have pondered this question, and social scientists have scrutinized formal political institutions and the distribution of power among agencies of the government and the state. But we still lack a rich bank of data measuring the power of specific governmental agencies, particularly national legislatures. This book assesses the strength of the national legislature of every country in the world with a population of at least a half-million inhabitants. The Legislative Powers Survey (LPS) is a list of thirty-two items that gauge the legislature's sway over the executive, its institutional autonomy, its authority in specific areas and its institutional capacity. Data were gathered by means of a vast international survey of experts, extensive study of secondary sources and painstaking analysis of constitutions and other relevant documents. Individual country chapters provide answers to each of the thirty-two survey items, supplemented by expert commentary and relevant excerpts from constitutions.
650			_aLegislative bodies-Handbook, manual
700			_aKroenig, Matthew
942			_cB _2ddc