Parliaments had been expected to decline in significance at the end of the 20th century, but instead they have developed new and vital political roles and have

This book sheds new light on the often shadowy, but essential role of committees, which exist in modern parliaments around the globe, and it questions the conve

Describes and evaluates a major change in the British House of Commons, introduced in 1979: select committees, staffed exclusively by backbenchers, are charged