Parliaments and Legislative Activity Motivations for Bill Introduction /

• Main Author: Brunner, Martin (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Wiesbaden : Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden : Imprint: Springer VS, 2013.
• Series: Studien zur Neuen Politischen Ökonomie
• Subjects: Social sciences.; Political science.; Social Sciences.; Social Sciences, general.; Political Science.

Martin Brunner aims at solving the puzzle of why opposition parties or government backbenchers propose legislation even though the chance to influence policy outcomes in this manner is almost nil. He argues that instead of influencing policies directly most parliamentary bills serve different purpos...