Legislative Power and the Role of Investiture in Parliament

Abstract

In many countries, incoming governments need to secure the support of a parliamentary majority in a formal vote of investiture in order to take office. In practice, investiture requirements vary a lot. In some cases the entire government (or each government minister separately) must win a confidence vote after the government platform has been presented. Some parliaments elect a candidate for Prime Minister and the actual process of government formation takes place after the vote. The decision rule may be absolute or simple majority, often embedded in an elaborate multi-stage voting procedure. The aim of this panel [not workshop!] is to get a better understanding of what kind of investiture requirements that exist, how the various investiture rules work and what their normative properties and political effects are (e.g., for government composition and durability). We invite theoretical or analytical papers as well as empirical studies. The empirical papers may be single-country studies, comparative or statistical analyses, simulations or experimental research.

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