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handle is hein.amenin/aeiaavp0001 and id is 1 raw text is: The Role of the Legislature in Western Democracies, edited by Norman J. Ornstein, examines change and reform in the U.S. Congress and in the parliaments of Great Britain, Canada, and the Federal Republic of Germany. These parliaments have recently been considering the estab- lishment or expansion of Congress-like committee systems and dis- cussing the role of the backbench or rank-and-file members. At the same time, the U.S. Congress has been reevaluating the dramatic de- centralization of its own power and initiative to its committees and subcommittees and to its junior legislators. This volume contains the proceedings of a conference that took place when Britain, in particular, was debating an important reform of its committee structure proposed by a Select Committee on Procedure. The conference was sponsored by the American Enterprise Institute, the U.S. International Communication Agency, the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung, and the British-American Parliamentary Group and held at Selsdon Park, Surrey, England. Six essays were prepared for the conference sessions: * The Two Congresses and How They Are Changing, Roger H. Davidson * Can Our Parties Survive Our Politics? Charles 0. Jones * Parliamentary Change in Britain, Geoffrey Smith * The Bundestag at the Intersection of Four Systems, Winfried Ste ffani * The Working Conditions of Members of Parliament and Con- gress: Changing the Tools Changes the Job, Austin Ranney * How to Strengthen Legislatures-Assuming That We Want To, Anthony King The volume also contains edited transcripts of four discussions- The Role of the Legislature in a Presidential System, The Role of the Legislature in a Parliamentary System, The Role of the Junior Legislator, and Models and Choices: What Can We Learn from Each Other? US $12.00 The Role of the Legislature in Western Democracies Edited by Norman J. Ornstein American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research 1150 Seventeenth Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036 -3 '-1 CD CD CD1 CD (D ~ri ISBN-13: 978-0 8447-2214-6 ISBN-10: 0-8447-2214-6 51200 9 780844 722146 I

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