Rationalizing Parliament: Legislative Institutions and Party Politics in France

by John Huber

Rationalizing Parliament examines how institutional arrangements in the French Constitution shape the bargaining strategies of political parties. Professor Huber investigates the decision by French elites to include in the Constitution legislative procedures intended to rationalize the policy-making role of parliament and analyzes the impact of these procedures on policy outcomes, cabinet stability, and political accountability. Through its use of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521072964
• ISBN13: 9780521072960
• Release Date: September 2008
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.76 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"