While a rich literature addresses legislative agenda-setting in multiparty democracies,
relatively little is known how members of parliament disseminate the legislative agenda …

There is growing interest in the policy impact of legislatures in parliamentary systems. While
scholars have shown that coalition parties rely on legislative amendments to police …

There is an ongoing debate on how political parties that form coalition governments keep
tabs on each other during the drafting and negotiation of new bills. Our article complements …

We aim to address two weaknesses of the growing literature on legislative debate and
legislative behaviour. First, most studies on legislative speech focus on the role of party unity …

The use of plenary time during legislative debates has consequences for the enhancement
of party goals. Hence, parties have different preferences on how legislative time should be …

Major economic crises are focal events that often drive changes in various aspects of
political systems. Although extensive work has been done to investigate the effect of …

Plenary debates in the European Parliament (EP) constitute important venues for
politicization, as they provide the institutional arena for MEPs to publicly express and …

A efetividade das oposições partidárias é um dos requisitos para o funcionamento
adequado do regime democrático. A própria definição mais usual de democracia tem como …

Le projet de loi de financement rectificative de la sécurité sociale pour 20231 a connu une
forte obstruction lors de son examen au Parlement. À l'Assemblée nationale, 22 900 …

This thesis builds on quantitative British politics scholarship with four papers unified by a
strong emphasis on positivist theory, research design and cutting edge statistical …