political science

legal foundations of 547 – 8

limitations on 541 – 4 , 551 – 2

nature of decision-making

process 541 – 4

need for systemic support 548 – 51

role of litigants 545 – 6

types of litigants 546

and politicization of 516

and selection of judges 531 , 540 – 1

and social rights 201

see alsojudicial review; United States

Supreme Court

Kyoto Protocol 629

labor movements, and state-society
interaction 51
Latin American Free Trade Area 623
law:
and judicial decision-making 520 – 3
and research into 532 – 3
see alsojudiciary
layering, and policy change 403
leadership:
and collective action 31
and coordination 373
and role of 154
and spatial leadership 329
League of Nations 615 , 621
learning, and institutional change 11
legislatures:
as arenas 6
and behavior of, parliamentary compared
to Congressional 457 – 8
and bicameralism and federalism 272 – 3
and checks on majority/executive
power 435 – 6 , 448 – 51
and committee appointments 444 – 5
and decision-making 435 , 445
agenda control 447 – 8 , 462
bottlenecks 446
cycling 446
role of political parties 446
and deliberation 434 , 440 – 2
and executive-legislative relations 346

bicameralism 481 – 2

checks on power 435 – 6 , 448 – 51

hierarchical 346 – 50

impact of regime type 361 – 2

information asymmetry 443

origins of systems of 363

oversight 364

parliamentary democracies 350 , 351 ,

352 – 6

presidential democracies 350 – 1 , 356 – 8

semi-presidentialism 351 – 2 , 359 – 60

theoretical considerations 347 – 50

transactional 346 – 50

and inclusion-and-exclusion, gender and

women’s status 173 – 7

and information/expertise

building 434 – 5 , 442 – 4

impact of tenure 444 – 5

and need for strong 451

and partisanship in:

behavioral foundations of 463 – 6

consequences of changes in 470 – 2

explaining changes in 466 – 9

institutional inXuences on 458 – 62

role theory 463 – 4

and political parties in:

multiparty parliaments 571 – 3

party voting in US Congress 568 – 71

and reelection rates 444

home styles 465 – 6

and representation of diversity 434

Afghanistan 437 – 9

collectivism vs. individualism 436 – 40

Iraq 436 – 7

and responsibilities of 433

and role theory 463 – 4

as transformative institutions 6

see alsobicameralism

legitimacy:

and democracy duration 229 – 30

and institutions 10

and international organizations 622 , 628

European Union 625 , 628 , 630

and international security

institutions 652

subject index 799