Tools for legislative oversight : (Record no. 25158)

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100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Pelizzo, Riccardo.
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Title Tools for legislative oversight :
Remainder of title an empirical investigation /
Statement of responsibility, etc. Riccardo Pelizzo and Rick Stapenhurst.
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC.
Place of publication, distribution, etc. Washington, D.C :
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. World Bank,
Date of publication, distribution, etc. 2004.
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Extent 22p ;
Dimensions 27 cm.
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General note Also available online.
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General note "Parliaments are the institutions through which governments are held accountable to the electorate. They have a wide range of tools with which to carry out this oversight function, but until recently little analysis had been undertaken on the characteristics or use of such tools. Pelizzo and Stapnhurst use data for 83 countries that was collected in 2001 to investigate whether the oversight potential relates to three variables, namely the form of government (presidential, semi-presidential, or parliamentary),per capita income levels, and the level of democracy. The authors find that oversight potentials is greatly affected by the form of government, per capita income levels, and levels of democracy. Countries with parliamentary forms of government, higher income levels, and which are more democratic have a greater number of oversight tools and greater oversight potential. While th
504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE
Bibliography, etc. note Includes bibliographical references.
506 ## - RESTRICTIONS ON ACCESS NOTE
Terms governing access Open access.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical subject Finance, Public
General subdivision Developing Countries.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical subject Legislative oversight
General subdivision Developing Countries.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical subject Representative government and representation
General subdivision Developing Countries.
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Personal name Stapenhurst, Rick jt. author.
710 2# - ADDED ENTRY--CORPORATE NAME
Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element World Bank.
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c HG3881.5
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    Library of Congress Classification     University of Eastern Africa, Baraton Main Campus Library   18.06.2019   Spc HG 3881.5 .W57 no.3388 56788 18.06.2019 18.06.2019 Books