Government Accountability and Legislative Oversight (Routledge Research in Comparative Politics) - Hardcover

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Pelizzo, Riccardo; Stapenhurst, Frederick

 
9780415730068: Government Accountability and Legislative Oversight (Routledge Research in Comparative Politics)
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ISBN 10: 0415730066 ISBN 13: 9780415730068
Publisher: Routledge, 2013

Synopsis

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, Pelizzo and Stapenhurst 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. In addition to discussing the conditions under which oversight capacity is greater, the authors perform some analyses to assess the policy implications of oversight capacity. Specifically, they look at the impact of oversight capacity on the quality of democracy and on the level of good governance.

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About the Author

Riccardo Pelizzo is a consultant/advisor to the World Bank Institute.
Frederick Stapenhurst is a Professor of Practice at McGill University and a consultant/advisor to the World Bank Institute.

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Publisher
Routledge
Publication date
2013
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0415730066
ISBN 13 
9780415730068
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
1
Number of pages
128

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