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Tables of Contents for Legislatures
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Preface
vii
Part 1. Introduction
The Implications of the Study of the U.S. Congress for Comparative Legislative Research
3
22
D. Roderick Kiewiet
Gerhard Loewenberg
Peverill Squire
Part 2. Legislative Recruitment and Legislative Careers
Legislative Careers: Why and How We Should Study Them
25
21
John R. Hibbing
Recruitment and Retention in U.S. Legislatures
46
34
Gary F. Moncrief
Recruitment and Retention in Western European Parliaments
80
39
Werner J. Patzelt
Recruitment and Retention of Legislators in Brazil
119
30
Fabiano Santos
Part 3. Legislative Representation
Electoral Systems and the Representation of Minority Interests in Legislatures
149
29
David T. Canon
The Study of Japan's Medium-Sized District System
178
23
Sadafumi Kawato
Part 4. Party Structures in Legislatures
Divided Parties, Divided Government
201
23
Michael Laver
Positive Theories of Congressional Parties
224
23
Steven S. Smith
Part 5. Rules and Procedures in Legislatures
On the Effects of Legislative Rules
247
22
Gary W. Cox
Parliamentary Floor Voting Procedures and Agenda Setting in Europe
269
22
Bjørn Erik Rasch
Part 6. The Evolution of Legislatures
Transitional Governance in the United States: Lessons from the First Federal Congress
291
23
Rick K. Wilson
Politicians, Bureaucrats, and Interest Groups in Japan: Transformation from One-Party Predominance or Not?
314
15
Junko Kato
Change Is Short but Continuity Is Long: Policy Influence of the National Assembly in Newly Democratized Korea
329
23
Chan Wook Park
Legislative Autonomy in New Regimes: The Czech and Polish Cases
352
35
John M. Carey
Frantisek Formanek
Ewa Karpowicz
Part 7. Conclusions
Assessing Comparative Legislative Research
387
12
Kenneth A. Shepsle
Contributors
399
2
Index
401