Document Type

Book Chapter

Publication Date

1991

Publication Title

Legislatures in the Policy Process

First Page

179

Last Page

200

Additional Publication URL

http://www.cambridge.org/us/cata logue/catalogue.asp?isbn=9780521381031

Abstract

Parliaments in communist party states are usually treated in Western literature as "rubber stamp" institutions that simply approve policies made elsewhere. As such, these bodies do not perform functions of interest articulation, representation, or policy-making that are characteristic of many Western legislatures.

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