Sub-national Legislatures and Political Systems: The Role of Intermediary Legislative Institutions

Sub-national legislatures or legislative assemblies are political institutions that enclose a diverse array of legislative houses. Scholars have focused on the study of sub-national legislatures to comprehend multilevel governance and political outputs across political systems. This panel emphasizes on the intermediate level of legislative bodies, contributing to assess the state of the art in the field and to single out emergent topics for further investigation, specially the development of research on multilevel elections, sub-national legislative-executive relations, and institutional design.