In February this year, Oxford University Press published Exploring Parliament, which aims to provide an accessible introduction to the workings of the UK parliament. In this post, the book’s editors, Louise Thompson and Cristina Leston-Bandeira, explain why the book is necessary and what it hopes to achieve.
Month: April 2018
The electoral system by which members of parliament are elected shapes how legislators perceive their roles. Furthermore, write David C.W. Parker and Caitlyn M. Richter, in the case of the Scottish Parliament, both the electoral system and the change implemented prior to the 2007 election, whereby candidate names were removed from party-list ballots, have an impact on how Members of the Scottish Parliament spend their time and resources.
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April 2018 newsletter
Welcome to the April edition of our newsletter. It’s a long one this time! We have lots and lots of announcements, including:
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- Specialist Group of the Year!
- PSA Annual Conference 2018 – success
- New Treasurer
- Date for your diary: our annual conference
- Exploring Parliament – launch and discount code
- Workshop: Lawyering for Legislatures
- Summer School: Parliamentary Democracy in Rome
- Reminder: quantitative methods workshop
- Reminder: Essay Competition
- Recently on our blog
If you have any notices / messages you would like us to circulate to the group, please let us know (including events, new research projects, grants, publications, etc.). Or other ideas for the group and feedback for us, they’re welcome too!
Best wishes,
Marc (@marcgeddes), Louise (@LouiseVThompson) Alex (@A_Meakin) and Seán @S_Haughey
Dr Philip Aylett, House of Commons Clerk, discusses his doctoral research on select committees in the 1960s and 70s.
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Our #PSA18 recap
A quick report on the PSA Parliaments group’s activities at the Political Studies Association international annual conference 2018.
Launch of Exploring Parliament textbook at the House of Commons