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Two Houses: Legislative Studies and the Atlantic Divide

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 June 2008

Shane Martin
Shane Martin
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Dublin City University
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Legislative scholars have a history of stepping back occasionally to examine the development and state of the sub-discipline (Budge 1973; Gamm and Huber 2002; Loewenberg, Patterson, and Jewell 1985; Mezey 1993; Morris-Jones 1983; Pasquino 1973; Patterson 1989). Many of these existing reviews, although valuable, are predominantly of a qualitative and subjective nature and are, in most cases, now dated. This paper provides a bibliometrical analysis of the state of legislative studies in the United States and Europe by exploring the content of eight political science journals. I looked at six general political science journals, three originating in the United States and three in Europe, as well as the content of two legislative studies journals—the American-based Legislative Studies Quarterly and the British-based Journal of Legislative Studies.

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PS: Political Science & Politics , Volume 41 , Issue 3 , July 2008 , pp. 557 - 565
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Copyright © The American Political Science Association 2008

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