Download or read book Evaluating Parliament written by David Beetham and published by Inter-Parliamentary Union. This book was released on 2008 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this self-assessment toolkit is to assist parliaments and their members in assessing how their parliament performs against widely accepted criteria for democratic parliaments. All the scenarios in the toolkit share the objective of evaluating parliaments against international criteria for democratic parliaments as well as identifying priorities and means for strengthening parliaments.