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Rationalizing Parliament: Legislative Institutions and Party Politics in France

By John D. Huber

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
1996
ISBN
0521562910, 9780521562911
Language
english
Format
DJVU
Filesize
2 MB (1934485 bytes)
Series
Political Economy of Institutions and Decisions
Pages
229\229
Time added
2014-05-08 15:02:17

Description

Rationalizing Parliament examines how institutional arrangements in the French Constitution shape the bargaining strategies of political parties. Professor Huber investigates the decision by French elites to include in the Constitution legislative procedures intended to "rationalize" the policy-making role of parliament and analyzes the impact of these procedures on policy outcomes, cabinet stability, and political accountability. Through its use of theories developed in the American politics literature, the study reveals important similarities between legislative politics in the United States and in parliamentary systems and the shortcomings in conventional interpretations of French institutional arrangements.

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