“Trust Is Good, Control Is Better”
“Trust Is Good, Control Is Better”
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“信任是好的，控制更好”
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2016
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Shane Martin
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Audrey André;Sam Depauw;Shane Martin
尽管制度设计明确地塑造了立法过程和产出，但对立法机构组织方式的跨国差异的解释仍然难以捉摸。基于强调立法机构在执行联盟协议中的作用的研究，我们提供了关于31个议会民主国家委员会结构的新数据，表明在多党政府是常态的地方，立法机构倾向于建立强有力的委员会，这些委员会在结构上能够使执政党密切关注彼此的部长。为了进一步探讨制度的论点，我们提出了一个案例研究委员会改革在爱尔兰议会。我们证明，爱尔兰议会内的制度变迁直接关系到从一党制到多党政府的转变，特别是希望较小的联盟党能够保持标签上的大党的部长。本文旨在引发政党和立法学者之间更深入的对话，以寻找立法组织的微观基础。
Even though institutional design clearly shapes legislative processes and outputs, explanation of cross-national variation in how legislatures are organized remains elusive. Building on research that emphasizes the role of legislatures in enforcing coalition agreements, we provide new data on committee structures in thirty-one parliamentary democracies, demonstrating that where multiparty government is the norm, legislatures tend to develop strong committees that are structurally equipped to enable the governing parties to keep tabs on one another’s ministers. To probe the institutional argument further, we present a case study of committee reform in the Irish parliament. We demonstrate that institutional change within the Irish parliament is directly related to the shift from single-party to multiparty government and in particular to the desire of the smaller coalition party to be able to keep tabs on the larger party’s ministers. The paper aims to spark a deeper dialogue among party and legislative scholars in search of the micro-foundations of legislative organization.