Victoria Hasson and Graeme Ramshaw of the Westminster Foundation for Democracy discuss party-parliament nexus points using the South African Democratic Alliance Party as an empirical case-study.
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Dr Ruth Dixon of the Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford, who was a Parliamentary Academic Fellow in 2018–19, discusses the efficacy of parliamentary scrutiny during 2016-2017. The post was originally published on the House of Lords Library blog but has been kindly shared with the PSA Parliaments group.
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July 2020 Newsletter
Dear All
We hope that, wherever you are, you are keeping safe and well. We have some updates for you, including:
1. Our Annual Conference: Deadline Approaching!
2. Parliamentary Media & Communication: Request for Academic Contacts
3. Welcome to our New Membership Officer, Caroline Bhattacharya!
4. Join our New PSA Parliaments Facebook Group
5. Recently on the Blog
6. Recent Publications that have Caught our Eye
We will be taking a break during August and not distributing a newsletter. If you have any notices/messages you would like us to circulate to the group when we return in September, please let us know by emailing us.
Best wishes
Stephen (@Stephen_R_Bates), Louise (@LouiseVThompson), Seán (@S_Haughey), Gavin (@GavinHart10) and Caroline (@CarolineBha)
How do the national parliaments of France and the UK assess the impact of the legislation they have adopted? In this article, Franklin De Vrieze compares the role of parliamentary committees and the outcome of the legislative impact assessments in both countries. It is based on the recent Westminster Foundation for Democracy publication, Post-Legislative Scrutiny in Europe.
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Welcome to our Bonus June 2020 newsletter!
Dear all,
We hope that, wherever you are, you are keeping safe and well. Due to some upcoming deadlines, we have a short bonus newsletter for you this month, including:
- POST’s Parliamentary Academic Fellowship Scheme: Applications are open
- House of Lords Constitution Committee inquiry into the constitutional implications of Covid-19: Call for evidence
- Our Annual Conference: Call for Papers/Blogs
If you have any notices/messages you would like us to circulate to the group, please let us know.
Best wishes,
Stephen (@Stephen_R_Bates), Louise (@LouiseVThompson), Gavin (@GavinHart10) and Seán (@S_Haughey)
Ben Worthy and Stefani Langehennig discuss their Leverhulme funded project on monitory democracy. The blog outlines some of the key implications for scrutiny of political representatives and the manner in which monitoring mechanisms are used in the arena of democratic conflict.
Alex Prior (University of East Anglia) and Cristina Leston-Bandeira (Leeds) discuss the potential for parliamentary story-telling to reach new audiences and to promote wider public engagement.
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PSA Parliaments June 2020 Newsletter
We hope that, wherever you are, you are keeping safe and well. We have some updates for you, including:
- Our Annual Conference: Call for Papers/Blogs
- Who’s Watching Parliament: Survey of Parliament Data Users
- Join the PSA Parliaments Team: Membership Officer Vacancy
- Join our New PSA Parliaments Facebook Group
- Recently on the Blog
If you have any notices/messages you would like us to circulate to the group, please let us know.
Best wishes,
Stephen (@Stephen_R_Bates), Louise (@LouiseVThompson), Gavin (@GavinHart10) and Seán (@S_Haughey)
Dr Mark Bennister of the University of Lincoln provides an incisive account of last week’s Liaison Committee. The piece considers the quality of scrutiny and the effectiveness of the Prime Minister’s performance during the session.
Matthew Hamilton of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association UK Branch discusses the common challenges faced by Public Accounts Committees across the Commonwealth.
