Introduction: legislators in the steel-hard casing -- The analysis of talking and working legislatures -- A dynamic partisan perspective on procedural reform -- Procedural reforms and their context -- (Non- )departures from the legislative state of nature, 1866-1917 -- Pathways to path-dependence, 1918-90 -- Adaptations, 1991-2015 -- Conclusion: maintaining legislative democracy -- Appendix: procedural reforms -- References -- Index
Summary
This volume provides a comparative explanation of the institutional evolution of parliaments since the intensification of political competition in the last third of the 19th century
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on January 15, 2019)