Parliaments in the Pandemic

This book analyses how parliaments across the world were affected by the Covid-19 pandemic and how they reacted to it.

It uses a globally comparative data set to provide an extensive in-depth look behind the scenes of parliaments as the pandemic unfolded and to understand the Covid-related consequences for parliaments in their political systems. With this, the book examines the influence on the various parliamentary functions: legislation, oversight, election and communication, and reveals significant variation across political systems and their underlying causes. As such, the book derives insights for future crises readiness and for everyday parliamentary work.

This book will be of key interest to scholars, students and practitioners in legislative studies, parliamentary affairs, comparative political analysis, democratic studies and more broadly to comparative politics.