1. Introduction [Jorge M. Fernandes] Section I: Historical Background 2. The Portuguese Assembleia da República in Context [Eunice Goes and Cristina Leston-Bandeira] 3. The Spanish Parliament in Context [Bonnie N. Field and Caroline Gray] Section II: Internal Organization Structures 4. Parliamentary Party Groups in the Iberian Legislatures[Carlos Jalali and Juan Rodríguez Teruel] 5. Committee Systems in Portugal and Spain [Jorge M.

Fernandes and Pedro Riera] Section III: Representation and Actors 6. Social Distance and Ideological Congruence between MPs and Citizens: Iberian Legislatures before and after the Great Recession [André Freire and Xavier Coller] 7. The Diversity Gap in the Portuguese and Spanish Parliaments: Descriptive Representation Through an Intersectional Perspective [Ana Espírito-Santo, Tània Verge, and Laura Morales] 8. Interest Groups in the Iberian Legislatures [Marco Lisi and Luz Muñoz Marquez] 9. Iberian Citizens' Attitudes towards Parliament and Representation [José Santana-Pereira and Irene Martín] Section IV: Legislative Processes 10. The Legislative Role of Iberian Legislatures[Cláudia Ribeiro, Mercedes Araújo and Sónia Rodrigues] 11. Parliamentary Accountability[Manuel Sánchez de Dios] Section V: Relations with Other Bodies 12. The Participation of the Spanish and the Portuguese Parliaments in the Activity of the European Union [Elviro Aranda Álvarez and Paulo Sande] 13.

The Relationship between Regional and National Parliaments in Spain and Portugal [Pablo Oñate and Ana M. Belchior] 14. Constitutional Courts and National Parliaments in Spain and Portugal [Nuno Garoupa, Joan Solanes Mullor, Teresa Violante] Conclusion [Jorge M. Fernandes].