Nicholas D. J. Baldwin
The relationship between a head of government (head of the executive branch) and a nation's parliament or legislative assembly (the legislative branch) has long been the focus for comment and analysis - for example, has the prime minister in the United Kingdom come to a position of dominance at the expense of the power of parliament? Does the American president stand head and shoulders above Congress? Is a French president master of the system? Need the Russian president pay attention to the Duma? What of the position in other parliamentary and presidential systems?
In this book, Baldwin seeks to provide answers, and does so by drawing upon the knowledge and expertise of an international group of scholars whose essays advance our knowledge of the subject.
This book was previously published as a special issue of the Journal of Legislative Studies.
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Excellent international selection of contributors
Introduction; 1: United Kingdom; 2: United Kingdom; 3: United Kingdom; 4: United Kingdom; 5: Parliament and the French Government's Domination of the Legislative Process; 6: Germany; 7: The Prime Minister in Scandinavia; 8: Hungary; 9: Power to the Executive! The Changing Executive–Legislative Relations in Eastern Europe; 10: The Parliamentary Activity of the Head of Government in Ireland (1923–2000) in Comparative Perspective; 11: Institutional Fragmentation in Parliamentary Control; 12: Following the Leaders or Leading the Followers? The US President's Relations with Congress; 13: The Executive and Parliament in Canada; 14: Executive Leadership and Legislative Assemblies; 15: Russia; 16: Japan; 17: Choosing a Prime Minister; 18: Executive–Legislature Interface in the Indian Polity; 19: Concluding Observations
In this book - previously published as a special issue of the Journal of Legislative Studies - an international group of scholars examines the relationship between the executive and legislative branches of developed and developing democracies.
'A useful addition to the literature and university libraries, with many rich empirically rich essays.' - Political Studies Review
