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1. Parliaments, Citizens and Democracy in Scandinavia

   A Comparative Audit

   By David Arter, Tapio Raunio

   Series: Library of Legislative Studies

   This book seeks to provide a systematic and systematically comparative evaluation of the links between parliaments, parliamentarians and citizens in Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland and Iceland. It provides critical insights not only into the dynamics of representative democracy but also into the...

   To Be Published November 29th 2012 by Routledge
2. Comparing and Classifying Legislatures

   Edited by David Arter

   Series: Library of Legislative Studies

   Recent years have witnessed substantial work in the legislative studies field. But what do we know about legislatures today and are there clear criteria for comparing and classifying them? This is a new review of the state of our knowledge of parliament and tackles key ...

   Published October 12th 2009 by Routledge
3. The Scottish Parliament

   A Scandinavian-Style Assembly?

   By David Arter

   This book is unique in analysing the new Scottish Parliament from a systematically comparative perspective. Its basic premise is that since devolution in 1999 Scotland can be considered a Scandinavian-style democracy with several features of a Scandinavian-style parliament. The basic research...

   Published September 30th 2003 by Routledge