Handbook of Parliamentary Studies by Cyril Benot, Olivier Ro... - 9781789906509

Handbook of Parliamentary StudiesInterdisciplinary Approaches to Legislatures\nAuthor(s): Cyril Benot, Olivier Rozenberg\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd\nISBN-13: 9781789906509, 978-1789906509\nSynopsis\nThis comprehensive Handbook takes a multidisciplinary approach to the study of parliaments, offering novel insights into the key aspects of legislatures, legislative institutions and legislative politics. Connecting rich and diverse fields of inquiry, it illuminates how the study of parliaments has shaped a wider understanding surrounding politics and society over the past decades. Through 26 thematic chapters, expert contributors analyse parliamentary institutions from various disciplinary perspectives (history, law, political science, political economy, sociology and anthropology). A wide range of approaches is covered, including the sociological study of members of parliaments, gender studies and the .