Political Science · Comparative Political Analysis
Which of these functions of legislatures in liberal democracies has generally grown in importance in recent decades?
AHolding emergency debates
BInitiating bills
CShaping foreign policy
DOverseeing (scrutinizing) the executive ✓ Correct
Correct answer: (D) Overseeing (scrutinizing) the executive — Oversight of the executive has grown in importance, so the answer is overseeing the executive.
Explanation
★Oversight of the executive has grown in importance, so the answer is overseeing the executive.
★Modern executives have become very powerful and active.
★Legislatures rarely initiate major laws themselves any more.
★So they focus on scrutinising and checking what the government does.
★Committees, questions and inquiries hold ministers to account.
★So the oversight or scrutiny function has clearly grown.
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