Government Accountability and Legislative Oversight |
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| Author:
| Pelizzo, Riccardo
Stapenhurst, Frederick |
| Series title: | Routledge Research in Comparative Politics Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-317-91321-4 |
| Publication Date: | Nov 2013 |
| Publisher: | Taylor & Francis Group
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| Imprint: | Routledge |
| Book Format: | Digital (delivered electronically) |
| List Price: | USD $46.95 |
Book Description:
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The purpose of the book is to investigate parliaments' capacity to oversee government activities, policies and budget legislation. By analysing the survey data that the World Bank Institute in collaboration with the Inter-Parliamentary Union collected from 120 parliaments, Staphenhurst and Pelizzo show what tools are available to parliaments worldwide, which tools are more or less common, how oversight capacity can be estimated, how oversight capacity is related to other...
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The purpose of the book is to investigate parliaments' capacity to oversee government activities, policies and budget legislation. By analysing the survey data that the World Bank Institute in collaboration with the Inter-Parliamentary Union collected from 120 parliaments, Staphenhurst and Pelizzo show what tools are available to parliaments worldwide, which tools are more or less common, how oversight capacity can be estimated, how oversight capacity is related to other institutional and constitutional factors.