The Politics of Legislative Debates

Author(s)	Edited by Hanna Back (Professor of Political Science, Professor of Political Science, University of Lund), Marc Debus (Professor of Political Science, Professor of Political Science, University of Mannheim), Jorge M. Fernandes (Assistant Research Professor, Assistant Research Professor, University of Lisbon).
Publisher	Oxford University Press
ISBN	9780198849063
Practice Area	Parliamentary & legislative practice
Format	Hardback
Pages	896
Published in	United Kingdom
Published	8 Oct 2021
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A comprehensive study which looks at the politics of legislative debates in 33 liberal democracies in Europe, North America and Latin America, Africa, Asia, and Oceania. This book offers an account of the rules and practices determining floor access, with a particular focus on gender, seniority, and legislative party positions.

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Legislative debates make democracy and representation work. Political actors engage in legislative debates to make their voice heard to voters. Parties use debates to shore up their brand. This book makes the most comprehensive study of legislative debates thus far, looking at the politics of legislative debates in 33 liberal democracies in Europe, North America and Latin America, Africa, Asia, and Oceania. The book begins with theoretical chapters focused on the key concepts in the study of legislative debates. Michael Laver, Slapin and Proksch, and Taylor examine the politics of legislative debates in parliamentary and presidential democracies. Subsequently, Goplerud makes a critical review of the methodological challenges in the study of legislative debates. Schwalbach and Rauh further discuss the difficulties in the comparative empirical study of debates. Country-chapters offer a wealth of original material organized around structured sections. Each chapter begins with a details discussion of the institutional design, focusing on the electoral system, legislative organization, and party parties, to which a section on the formal and informal rules of legislative debates ensues. Next, each country chapter focuses on analyzing the determinants of floor access, with a particular emphasis on the role of gender, seniority, legislative party positions, among others. In the concluding chapter, the editors explore comparative patterns and point out to multiple research avenues opened by this edited volume. The Oxford Politics of Institutions series is designed to provide in-depth coverage of research on a specific political institution. Each volume includes a mix of theoretical contributions, state-of-the-art research review chapters, comparative empirical chapters, country case study chapters, and chapters aimed at practitioners. Typically, the majority of chapters in each volume comprises of country studies written by country experts. Volumes in the series are aimed at political scientists, students in political science programmes, social scientists more generally, and policy practitioners. Series editors: Shane Martin, Anthony King Chair in Comparative Government and Head of the Department of Government, University of Essex; and Sona N. Golder, Professor of Politics, Department of Political Science, Pennsylvania State University.

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1: Hanna Back, Marc Debus, and Jorge M. Fernandes: The Politics of Legislative Debates: An Introduction 2: Michael Laver: Analyzing the politics of legislative debate 3: Jonathan Slapin and Sven-Oliver Proksch: Theories and Empirical Applications of Legislative Debate 4: Andrew J. Taylor: Legislative Speech in Presidential Systems 5: Max Goplerud: Methods for Analyzing Parliamentary Debates 6: Jan Schwalbach and Christian Rauh: Collecting large-scale comparative text data on legislative debates 7: Alejandro Ecker and Martin Soto Payva: Legislative Debate in the Argentine Chamber of Deputies 8: Keith Dowding, Patrick Leslie, and Marija Taflaga: Legislative Debates in the Australian House of Representatives 9: Marcelo Jenny and Wolfgang C. Muller: Legislative Debates in the Austrian Nationalrat 10: Fabiano Santos, Fernando Guarnieri, and Nara Salles: Legislative Debates in the Brazilian Camara dos Deputados 11: Christopher Cochrane, Jean-Francois Godbout, and Jason Vandenbeukel: Legislative Debates in the Canadian House of Commons 12: Eduardo Aleman, Juan Pablo Micozzi, and Inaki Sagarzazu: Legislative Debates in the Chilean Chamber of Deputies 13: David M. Willumsen: Legislative Debates in the Danish Folketing 14: Analia Gomez Vidal and Sebastian Vallejo Vera: Legislative Debates in the Ecuadorian Congress 15: Allan Sikk and Priit Vinkel: Legislative Debates in the Estonian Riigikogu 16: Miriam Sorace: Legislative Debates in the European Parliament 17: Corentin Poyet and Tapio Raunio: Legislative Debates in the Finnish Eduskunta 18: Lennard Alke, Sylvain Brouard, and Olivier Rozenberg: Legislative Debates in the French Assemblee Nationale 19: Jochen Muller, Christian Stecker, and Andreas Blatte: Legislative Debates in the German Bundestag 20: Edalina Rodrigues Sanches and Antonio Luis Dias: Legislative Debates in the Parliament of Ghana 21: Yani Kartalis and Marina Costa Lobo: Legislative Debates in the Greek Parliament 22: Agnar Freyr Helgason, Indridi H. Indridason, and Gunnar Helgi Kristinsson: Legislative Debates in the Icelandic Althingi 23: Alexander Herzog, Slava Jankin Mikhaylov, and Liam Weeks: Legislative Debates in the Irish Dail 24: Or Tuttnauer and Chen Friedberg: Legislative Debates in the Israeli Knesset 25: Daniela Giannetti and Andrea Pedrazzani: Legislative Debates in the Italian Camera dei Deputati 26: Daniel M. Smith: Legislative Debates in the Japanese National Diet 27: Nikolaos Frantzeskakis, Michael Wahman , and T. Murat Yildirim: Legislative Debate in the Malawi Parliament 28: Eric Magar: Legislative Debates in Mexico's Camara de Diputados 29: Simon Otjes and Tom Louwerse: Legislative Debates in the Dutch Tweede 30: Moritz Osnabrugge: Legislative Debates in the New Zealand House of Representatives 31: Martin G. Soyland and Bjorn Hoyland: Legislative Debates in the Norwegian Stortinget 32: Kamil Marcinkiewicz and Michael Jankowski: Legislative Debates in the Polish Sejm 33: Jorge M. Fernandes and Miguel Won: Legislative Debates in the Portuguese Assembleia da Republica 34: Joan-Josep Vallbe and Marc Sanjaume: Legislative Debates in the Spanish Congreso de los Diputados 35: Markus Baumann, Hanna Back, and Royce Carroll: Legislative Debates in the Swedish Riksdag 36: Elena Frech, Niels Goet, and Simon Hug: The Politics of Legislative Debate in Switzerland 37: T. Murat Yildirim: Legislative Debates in the Turkish Grand National Assembly 38: Jack Blumenau and Roberta Damiani: Legislative Debates in the British House of Commons 39: David Gelman and Max Goplerud: Legislative Debates in the US Congress 40: Hanna Back, Marc Debus, and Jorge M. Fernandes: Unpacking comparative patterns in legislative debates

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