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First published in 1977 by Comparative Development Studies Center Graduate School of Public Affairs State University of New York at Albany
1977 State University of New York All rights reserved
Printed and made in the United States of America
Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Main entry under title:
Comparative legislative reforms and innovations.
Includes bibliographical references. 1. Legislative bodiesAddresses, essays, lectures. 2. Legislative bodiesUnited StatesStatesAddresses, essays, lectures. 3. United States. CongressAddresses, essays, lectures. I. Baaklini, Abdo I. II. Heaphey, James J., 1930 III New York (State). State University, Albany. Graduate School of Public Affairs. Comparative Development Studies Center. JF501.C65328'.3'097377-4249 ISBN 0-87395-805-5
ACKNOWLEDGMENT
An edited volume owes its existence primarily to the various authors who contributed to it. This is as much true in this case as any. The authors' willingness to revise their articles to answer questions of concern to the present volume is deeply appreciated. We would also like to express our thanks to Professor Malcolm Jewell who took the time to read the manuscript and provide us with his penetrating criticism and evaluation. Joseph Whorton and Alia Abdul-Wahab of the Comparative Development Studies Center deserve our thanks, the first for his editorial work and the second for her editorial work and the preparation of the index of this volume. Ms. Jeanine Gendron and Mrs. Sophia Caranikas saw to it that the manuscript reached the press in readable shape. Finally, our thanks for the superb editorial work of the State University of New York Press.
CONTENTS
Introduction: Legislative Reforms and Public Administration
Abdo I. Baaklini
3
1 Legislative Reforms and Innovations in the US Congress
31
Statutory Reporting Requirements: Information and Influence for Congress
John R. Johannes
33
Patterns of Congressional Staffing: The House Committee on Appropriations
Khaled M. Kayali
61
Use of a Staff Agency By the Congress: Experiences of the Congressional Research Service Under the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1970
Norman Beckman
91
2 Legislative Reforms and Innovations in the States
113
Legislatures as a Force for Government Accountability: The Organizational Challenge of New Tools of Program Review
Edgar G. Crane
115
Legislatures and Information Systems: Challenges and Responses in the States
John A. Worthley
154
Page viii
Institutional Development and Legislature Effectiveness: Rules Changes in the Wisconsin Assembly
Ronald D. Hedlund Keith E. Hamm
173
Administrative Impact of New Legislation
Richard Nunez Joseph Whorton
214
3 Legislative Reforms and Innovations in Selected Countries
227
Legislative Reforms in the Brazilian Chamber of Duties 1964-1975
Abdo I. Baaklini
229
Structural Adjustments of the Danish Parliament in the Twentieth Century
Erik Damgaard
262
Innovations and Reforms in Indian Parliament
R. B. Jain
284
Legislative Reforms in Lebanon
Abdo I. Baaklini
311
Index
349
Page ix
PREFACE
The coming decade is most likely going to be the decade of legislative reforms. After over half a century of continuous executive growth and aggrandizement, a change in direction in favor of the legislature is crystallizing on the horizon. Watergate and its aftermath are the watershed of this transformation.
For the last five years the Comparative Development Studies Center of the State University of New York at Albany has been actively involved, nationally and internationally, in efforts aimed at legislative reforms and innovations. At the national level it has worked very closely with the National Legislative Conference and with a number of state legislatures on issues such as interference in and openness of the legislative process; modern information needs and electronic data banks of legislatures; legislative fiscal review and program evaluation; science, technology, and the legislative process; and structural and procedural changes to meet the emerging needs of legislatures.
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