TY - BOOK AU - Martin,Shane AU - Saalfeld,Thomas AU - Strm,Kaare TI - Oxford handbook of legislative studies T2 - Oxford handbooks in politics & international relations SN - 9780191755712 AV - JF511 PY - 2015/// CY - New York PB - Oxford University Press KW - Legislative bodies N1 - Includes bibliographical references and indexes N2 - Over the past five years, legislative studies have emerged as a field of inquiry in political science. Many political science associations, both national and international, have created standing sections on legislative studies. There has also been a proliferation of literature on legislatures and legislators. This book focuses on legislatures and how they matter, how they have adapted to changes such as globalization and judicialization, and how they have survived the transition to mass democracies UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199653010.001.0001 ER -