TY - BOOK AU - Pelizzo, Riccardo AU - Stapenhurst, Frederick TI - Parliamentary oversight tools : a comparative analysis T2 - Routledge research in comparative politics SN - 9780415615716 U1 - 328.345 22 PY - 2012/// CY - London PB - Routledge KW - Legislative oversight KW - Executive-legislative relations KW - Government accountability KW - Political corruption KW - Prevention KW - Comparative government N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. [167]-177) and index; Introduction -- Theoretical foundations of legislative oversight -- Legisaltive oversight tools -- Legislative oversight and the quality of democracy -- Legislative oversight and corruption -- Legislative oversight in Ghana -- A strategic interaction model -- Testing the model - public accounts committees -- Conclusions ER -