{"product_id":"the-handbook-of-national-legislatures-m-steven-fish-9781107602472","title":"The Handbook of National Legislatures: A Global Survey","description":"Where 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 32 items that gauges the legislature's sway over the executive, its institutional autonomy, its authority in specific areas, and its institutional capacity. Data were generated 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 32 survey items, supplemented by expert commentary and relevant excerpts from constitutions.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e M. Steven Fish, Matthew Kroenig\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1107602475\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781107602472\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Cambridge University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/15\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 810\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 3.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.00h x 7.00w x 1.70d","brand":"M. Steven Fish","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47244068618495,"sku":"9781107602472","price":92.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_5ae5f8aa-b720-4208-9dc3-979d6bc76c80.jpg?v=1758134862","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-handbook-of-national-legislatures-m-steven-fish-9781107602472","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}