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On Legislatures looks at why people support their individual representatives but continue to criticise the legislative system at every opportunity. Although legislatures exist in every political system and are meant to represent the people, they are generally disparaged because they appear both unrepresentative and indecisive. Gerhard Loewenberg explains this puzzling contradiction by examining what representation means and what it takes for a large number of equally representative members to reach decisions. It also describes the methods for studying legislatures that have been developed in the social sciences in the last half century and shows their importance in democratic societies throughout the world. On Legislatures gets to the heart of the current disconnect between legislatures and the public they are supposed to represent.

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Book category Books in English Society & social sciences Politics & government Political structure & processes

• Full title: On Legislatures
• Subtitle: The Puzzle of Representation
• Author: Gerhard Loewenberg
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback
• Number of pages: 168
• EAN: 9781594517518
• ISBN: 1594517517
• ID: 04830616
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Weight: 470 g
• Dimensions: 197 × 133 × 15 mm
• Date of publishing: 30. October 2010

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