Adopting public policies to deliver the ambitious long-term goals of the Paris Agreement will
require significant societal commitment. That commitment will eventually emerge from the …

The importance of minority parliamentarians for substantive representation is widely
acknowledged, but little research exists on further explanations. By studying the substantive …

Der Ausbau der Stromtrassen ist ein zentrales Element der deutschen Energiewende. Die
Forschung weiß aber noch wenig darüber, inwieweit dieses Politikfeld durch …

To make policy, legislators must pass laws. However, the ability to propose these laws is
largely in the hands of the government or the party and less in the hands of the individual …

Immigrants who came to Europe in recent decades (work immigrants and/or refugees)
grapple with intersectional identities, such as religion, nationality and gender, yet current …

Chapter 1 is an introductory chapter that outlines the importance and context of the research
and describes the content of the book. The chapter presents the questions the book asks: to …

Chapter 3 analyzes the procedures governing parliamentary activity on the floor and
suggests the use of the phrase “parliamentary talk” to encompass the legislators' speeches …

Chapter 9 provides a comparative statistical analysis of the characteristics of Arab
Palestinian legislators and their intersectional representation over time. The context of Israel …

Chapter 8 covers the fifth period of the Arab Palestinian legislators' activities, 2015–2019,
2021–2022 (the 20th Knesset and the 24th Knesset). The Israeli context as a Jewish and …

Chapter 6 covers the third period of the Arab Palestinian legislators' activities, 1996–2009
(the 14th Knesset through the 17th Knesset). Events in Israel continued to challenge the …