The study of legislative committees

Brian J. Gaines; Mark Goodwin; Stephen Holden Bates; Gisela Sin

doi:10.1080/13572334.2019.1662614

The study of legislative committees

Brian J. Gaines, Mark Goodwin, Stephen Holden Bates, Gisela Sin

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Abstract

Proving that legislative committees really matter is not simple. The assembled papers aim to demonstrate fruitful paths to analysing when committees influence policy, what they can and should do, and how to detect their importance to the political process.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	331-339
Number of pages	9
Journal	Journal of Legislative Studies
Volume	25
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/13572334.2019.1662614
State	Published - Jul 3 2019

Keywords

Legislatures
committees
policy

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Political Science and International Relations
Law

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