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Questioning Parliamentary Questions

The conclusion highlights the heuristic potential of Parliamentary Questions (PQs) and suggests that they should form an important unit of analysis for scholars of legislative studies. PQs offer an original and comparative basis for measuring both legislators' individual behaviour and legislatu...

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Published in:Journal of legislative studies 2011-09, Vol.17 (3), p.394-404
Main Authors: Rozenberg, Olivier, Martin, Shane
Format: Article
Language:English
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Summary:The conclusion highlights the heuristic potential of Parliamentary Questions (PQs) and suggests that they should form an important unit of analysis for scholars of legislative studies. PQs offer an original and comparative basis for measuring both legislators' individual behaviour and legislatures' role within the political system. A comparison between oral and written questions indicates that both the institutional designs for asking questions and the frequency of the use of the procedures are non-random and consequential.
ISSN:1357-2334
1743-9337
DOI:10.1080/13572334.2011.595132