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Legislature by Lot: Envisioning Sortition within a Bicameral System*

Politics & Society, 2018
In this article, we review the intrinsic democratic flaws in electoral representation, lay out a set of principles that should guide the construction of a sortition chamber, and argue for the virtue of a bicameral system that combines sortition and ...
John Gastil, E. O. Wright
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Policy Coalition Building in an Authoritarian Legislature: Evidence From China’s National Assemblies (1983-2007)

Comparative Political Studies, 2018
Recent studies of authoritarian legislatures underscore the importance of institutions for cooptation and information collection, but many still consider authoritarian legislatures rubber stamps in policy making.
Xiaobo Lü, Mingxing Liu, Feiyue Li
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The Philippine Legislature and Social Relationships: Toward the Formalization of the Polity?

Philippine Studies: Historical and Ethnographic Viewpoints, 2012
Government in the Philippines is widely described as inefficient, chaotic, and corrupt. With particular reference to the legislature, this article considers the nature of problems with government in the Philippines, the direction from which possible ...
R. Hodder
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Legislature Size, Local Government Expenditure and Taxation, and Public Service Access in Indonesia

Studies in comparative international development, 2019
B. Lewis
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The Legislature

The Constitution of Myanmar, 2019

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The Legislature: Institutional Strengthening in Dominant-Party States

, 2018
Michaela Collord
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The European Union Legislature as an Agent of the European Court of Justice

, 2016
Gareth Davies
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Communal Conflict in Myanmar: The Legislature’s Response, 2012–2015

, 2017
Chit Win, T. Kean
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The effect of legislature size on public spending: evidence from a regression discontinuity design

, 2017
Daniel Höhmann
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