Parliament's (lack of) agenda-setting power over the executive decision agenda: evidence from Belgium, France and Portugal

Abstract One of the functions of parliamentary questions in modern legislatures is to pressure executives to pay attention to specific issues. But can these questions effectively influence executive decisions? There is surprisingly little empirical research in this area. Adopting an agenda-setting perspective, this article examines the extent to which issue attention in oral parliamentary questions influences the issues addressed in the weekly meetings of the Council of Ministers in three countries (Belgium, France and Portugal). Our findings suggest that the agenda-setting power of parliament... Mehr ...

Verfasser: Emiliano Grossman
Enrico Borghetto
Julie Sevenans
Dokumenttyp: Artikel
Erscheinungsdatum: 2020
Schlagwörter: Public Administration
Sprache: unknown
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