Table of Contents

1: Shane Martin, Thomas Saalfeld and Kaare W. Strøm: Introduction Part I: Theories 2: Daniel Diermeier: Formal Models of Legislatures 3: Heinrich Best and Lars Vogel: The Sociology of Legislatures and Legislators 4: Amie Kreppel: Typologies and Classifications Part II: Methods 5: Royce Carroll and Keith Poole: Roll Call Analysis and the Study of Legislatures 6: Jonathan B. Slapin and Sven-Oliver Proksch: Words as Data: Content Analysis in Legislative Studies 7: André Bächtiger: Debate and Deliberation in Legislatures 8: Stefanie Bailer: Interviews and Surveys in Legislative Research 9: James N. Druckman, Thomas J. Leeper and Kevin J. Mullinix: The Experimental Study of Legislative Behavior Part III: Representation and Legislative Careers 10: Reuven Hazan: Candidate Selection: Implications and Challenges for Legislative Behavior 11: Audrey André, Sam Depauw and Matthew S. Shugart: The Effect of Electoral Institutions on Legislative Behavior 12: Michelle M. Taylor-Robinson: Gender and Legislatures 13: Rudy B. Andeweg: Roles in Legislatures 14: Thad Kousser and Scott A. MacKenzie: Legislative Careers Part IV: Organisation and Rules 15: Wolfgang C. Müller and Ulrich Sieberer: Procedure and Rules in Legislatures 16: William B. Heller and Diana M. Branduse: The Politics of Bicameralism 17: Shane Martin: Committees Part V: Parties in the Legislature 18: Thomas Saalfeld and Kaare W. Strøm: Political Parties and Legislators 19: Christopher Kam: Party Discipline 20: Carol Mershon: Legislative Party Switching 21: Lanny W. Martin and Georg Vanberg: Legislative Institutions and Coalition Government Part VI: Policy Making and Oversight 22: Bjørn-Erik Rasch: Institutional Foundations of Legislative Agenda Setting 23: Sebastian M. Saiegh: Law Making 24: Joachim Wehner: Legislatures and Public Finance 25: Anne Skorkjær Binderkrantz: Legislatures, Lobbying and Interest Groups 26: Tapio Raunio: Legislatures and Foreign Policy 27: Common Agencya Legislatures and Bureaucracies Part VII: Expanding the Scope of Legislative Analysis 28: Simon Hix and Bjørn Høyland: Political Behaviour in the European Parliament 29: William Downs: Sub-National Legislatures 30: Brian F. Crisp and Constanza F. Schibber: The Study of Legislatures in Latin America 31: Josephine T. Andrews: Legislatures in Central and Eastern Europe 32: Paul Schuler and Edmund J. Malesky: Authoritarian Legislatures 33: Gary W. Cox: Reluctant Democrats and their Legislatures

About the Author

Shane Martin is Reader in Comparative Politics, University of Leicester. Thomas Saalfeld is Professor of Political Science at the University of Bamberg and the founding Director of the Bamberg Graduate School of Social Sciences. Kaare W. Strøm is Distinguished Professor of Political Science at the University of California, San Diego.

Reviews

This Handbook is fundamental reading for all scholars devoted to the study of political institutions, political parties and legislative studies.
*Eugenio Salvati, Political Studies Review*