The Legislative Agenda in 13 African Countries: A Comprehensive Database

Nikolaos Frantzeskakis; Henrik Bech Seeberg

doi:10.1111/lsq.12404

The Legislative Agenda in 13 African Countries: A Comprehensive Database

Nikolaos Frantzeskakis^*, Henrik Bech Seeberg

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Department of Political Science

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Abstract

While African legislatures have been receiving increasing academic attention in recent years, efforts to expand our understanding of these institutional bodies have been hampered by a dearth of reliable quantitative data regarding their activity and output. To rectify this issue, we have collected and issue-classified data on the legislative agenda in 13 African countries. We leverage this new dataset to explore how democratic development affects the legislative agenda. We show that legislatures in more democratic countries have a larger, broader, and more dynamic agenda, and we propose an extensive future research agenda for legislative politics in Africa.

Original language	English
Journal	Legislative Studies Quarterly
Volume	48
Issue	3
Pages (from-to)	623-655
Number of pages	33
ISSN	0362-9805
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/lsq.12404
Publication status	Published - Aug 2023

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Africa
democratic development
election quality
legislative agenda
political agenda setting

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