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December 2018 newsletter

A festive hello from the PSA Parliaments Group team! We have plenty of news and updates to keep you going over the festive period, and they include:

  1. Our Conference – thank you!
  2. Survey
  3. Plans for 2019: summary of ideas
  4. Membership and the PSA
  5. Hansard Society Scholars – Dissertation Supervisor
  6. Essay Competition 2019
  7. Authoritarian Legislatures
  8. Registration for #PSA19 open
  9. 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)


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Participation in Legislatures: Meanings and Justifications

In a blog from our recent Making Sense of Parliaments conference, Thales Torres Quintão develops a framework for the justifications and meanings in the development of participatory policies in legislatures.

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How did the Government end up in contempt of Parliament?

On Tuesday 4 December the UK Government was found to be in contempt of Parliament. Dr Andrew Defty explains how this unprecedented situation occurred. 

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When MPs talk, we listen: how communication drives constituents’ awareness of their MPs

In a new blog from our Making Sense of Parliaments conference, Lawrence McKay investigates the effects of how MPs communicate on constituents’ awareness of their MPs.

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Essay Competition 2019

Launch of the PSA Parliaments 2019 essay competition for undergraduate students.